Revolution : Russian art, 1917-1932 /
Revolution: Russian Art, 1917-1932' encapsulates a momentous period in Russian history that is vividly expressed in the diversity of art produced between 1917, the year of the October Revolution, and 1932 when Stalin began to suppress the avantgarde and its debates. Based around the great exhib...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Royal Academy of Arts,
[2017]
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| Summary: | Revolution: Russian Art, 1917-1932' encapsulates a momentous period in Russian history that is vividly expressed in the diversity of art produced between 1917, the year of the October Revolution, and 1932 when Stalin began to suppress the avantgarde and its debates. Based around the great exhibition of 1932 held at the State Russian Museum in Leningrad, the book explores the fascinating themes and artistic developments of the first fifteen years of the Soviet state, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, posters, graphics and film. The exhibition itself was to be the swansong of avantgarde art in Russia: new policies quickly ensured that Socialist Realism, collective in production, public in manifestation and Communist in ideology, was to become the only acceptable art form. This volume is a timely and authoritative exploration of how modern art in all its forms flourished, was recognized, celebrated and broken by implacable authority all within fifteen years. |
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| Item Description: | Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 February-17 April 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 326 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781910350430 1910350435 9781910350447 1910350443 |