Begins by considering responses by French artists to World War I, showing how Purism, Dada and early Surrealism are related to the ethos of post-war reconstruct... » 

Begins by considering responses by French artists to World War I, showing how Purism, Dada and early Surrealism are related to the ethos of post-war reconstruction. The book then discusses the language of construction in France, Germany and the USSR and addresses the debate over realism in art. «