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Tracing enigmatic composers, risqué performers and radical songwriters, this book introduces the history of 20th century music in a new light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom George Gershwin and John Cage to Os Mutantes and Fela Kuti; from Patti Smith and The Slits to Public Enemy and Missy Elliott—by discussing each entry within the context of its creation, the book will give readers true insight into why each moment was so pivotal and tell the stories surrounding the most exciting music ever produced. Some were shocking, others confusing, beautiful and surreal; some were scorned on release, others were chart toppers; and others inspired entire movements and generations of new musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese cutting-edge works, which celebrate novelty, technology and innovation, help define what music is today—acting as prime examples of how powerful songs can be. 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This is what happens when artists take tradition and rip it up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtQuake\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that shook the world, revealing the fascinating narratives behind their creation, reception, and legacy. These cutting-edge totems celebrated novelty and innovation, defining twentieth-century art. They caused fascination and intrigue in some, and repulse and scorn in others. From Gustave Courbet's 'The Bathers' (1853) to Marcel Duchamp's 'Fountain' (1917); Yves Klein's 'Anthropology Performance' (1960) to Judy Chicago's 'The Dinner Party' (1974-9); Andres Serrano's 'Piss Christ' (1987) to Banksy's 'Love is in the Bin' (2018) — meet huge egos, uncompromising feminists, gifted recluses, spiritualists, anti-consumerists, activists, satirists, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn telling the history of Modern and Contemporary Art through the pieces that were truly disruptive, and explaining the context in which each was created, \u003ci\u003eArtQuake\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the heart of modern art, which is to constantly question and challenge expectation. \u003ci\u003eArtQuake\u003c\/i\u003e is an alternative introduction to modern art, focusing on the stories of 50 key artworks that questioned boundaries, challenged the status quo, and made shockwaves we are still feeling today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first in a new series introducing the most disruptive cultural moments of the past 150 years. 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Causing fascination and intrigue in some and rejection and scorn in others—these cutting-edge totems, which celebrate novelty, technology and innovation, help define what cinema means today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom unbelievable developments in technology (\u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/em\u003e) to feminist triumphs (\u003cem\u003eWanda\u003c\/em\u003e); films that kickstarted New Queer Cinema (\u003cem\u003eParis is Burning\u003c\/em\u003e) to others that challenged law-makers (\u003cem\u003eA Short Film About Killing\u003c\/em\u003e)—\u003cem\u003eFilmQuake\u003c\/em\u003e presents the fifty most ground-breaking movies ever made. 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