In 1906 Apollinaire wrote The Eleven Thousand Rods, in 1907 Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, in 1909 Marinetti produced the First Manifesto of Futurism.
Modernism erupted with the dawn of the 20th century – but in the darkest hour of 19th century night before that solar ascendency, hideous shapes writhed in chaos.

Solar Nocturnal presents classic literature and art by key precursors of the modernist era.