Articles related to "Vorticism"



Percy Wyndham Lewis
This abstract artist is today best-known for his dramatic Vorticist design that shows his commentary on industrialism and modern life.
• percy wyndham lewis • vorticism • blast • 20th-century painter • abstract expressionism

Ezra Pound - Lone Ant from the Broken Anthill
The poet Ezra Pound, was a significant force in returning poetry to a more natural voice. His influence on poets in the 20th century is incalcuable. But what of the ideas? Pound was arrested for treason and spent thirteen years incarcerated in a mental institution. Billy Marshall Stoneking talks about why.
• ezra pound • modern poetry • sixteen words for water • billy marshall stoneking • american poetry

Breaking Rules in the Art World
This British Library exhibition explores the 'isms' of Avant Garde, how art and attitudes changed across Europe helped by developments in communications and transport.
• breaking the rules • british library • sacred world faiths brought to book • european avant garde • futurism

Ezra Pound, Life and Work
Brief biography of poet Ezra Pound, a major influence in 20th century's Modernism movements, imagism and vorticism. Best known for 'The Cantos.'
• ezra pound • ezra pound biography • ezra pound life and work • american poet critic translator • works by ezra pound


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