Presents a survey of art from the first two decades of the 20th century. The volume explores the invocation of the primitive at the end of the 19th century, ana... » 

Presents a survey of art from the first two decades of the 20th century. The volume explores the invocation of the primitive at the end of the 19th century, analyzes Cubist works based on semiotic theory, and considers some problems of interpretation and evolution posed by some specific examples. «