Explores the twentith century's troubled relationship with beauty, where previous eras have celebrated beauty as the central aim of art, the twentieth century modernist avant-garde were deeply suspicious of beauty and its perennial symbols, woman and ornament.
- ISBN10 0099277492
- ISBN13 9780099277491
- Publish Date 1 January 2099 (first published 1 June 2001)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vintage
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English