Avant Garde World Creation

This book explores the widespread fascination with world creation among early twentieth century artists, and examines those trends within the European avant-garde. The book reflects on what ‘the world’ looks and feels like before and after World War One – and thus also concerns creativity and destruction alike in the context of modernity. Over the course of three chapters, the author focusses on works in which avant-garde artists combine and experiment with various arts and media to create alter