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Neo-Baroque: A Sign of the Times
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Neo-Baroque: A Sign of the Times
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Omar Calabrese
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Translated by Charles Lambert
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Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:252 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691607139
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Classifications | Dewey:700.904 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
21 March 2017 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
A leading young Italian semiologist scrutinizes today's cultural phenomena and finds the prevailing taste to be "neo-baroque"--characterized by an appetite for virtuosity, frantic rhythms, instability, poly-dimensionality, and change. Omar Calabrese locates a "sign of the times" in an amazing variety of literary, philosophical, artistic, musical, a
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