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The avant-gardists : artists in revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1917-1935 /

"October 1917. The Russian Revolution wipes the old tsarist empire off the map. Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Lyubov Popova, Alexander Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova, Vladimir Tatlin, and other avant-garde artists participate in the revolutionary struggle, transforming inner citi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scheijen, Sjeng (Author)
Other Authors: Annable, Brent (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Dutch.
Published: London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2024.
Subjects:
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > Soviet Union.
Art, Russian > 20th century > History.
Art, Soviet.
Art and revolutions > Soviet Union.
Art > Political aspects > Soviet Union.
Arts > Soviet Union > 20th century.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921.
Soviet Union > History > 1917-1936.
Art russe > 20e siècle > Histoire.
Art soviétique.
Arts > URSS > 20e siècle.
Art et révolutions > URSS.
URSS > Histoire > 1917-1921 (Révolution)
URSS > Histoire > 1917-1936.
ART / General.
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Table of Contents:
  • Kazimir Malevich in the Kremlin
  • Tatlin, 'pittoresk'
  • A white revolution
  • Monumental propaganda! Or: avant-gardists in public service
  • Tatlin's tower
  • The avant-gardists take to the provinces
  • The last laboratory
  • Family ties
  • The flying bicycle
  • Farewell