The Genesis of Modernism Seurat Gauguin Van Gogh and French Symbolism in the 1880s

Sven Lövgren’s The Genesis of Modernism (1971) explores the emergence of modernist aesthetics through the works of Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh. Blending art criticism with cultural analysis, it examines how French Symbolism shaped visual language in the 1880s, laying the groundwork for 20th-century avant-garde movements. Available at Best Book Centre.