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The Russian avant-garde of the 1920s is broadly recognised to have been Russia's first truly original contribution to world culture. In contrast, Soviet design of the post-war period is often dismissed as hack-work and plagiarism that resulted in a shabby world of commodities. This book offers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karpova, Yulia, 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: [s.l.] : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:Studies in design and material culture.
Subjects:
Arts.
Art & design styles: from c 1960.
Material culture.
Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)
Art / History / Contemporary (1945-)
Design / History & Criticism.
Arts
Soviet design
material culture
household objects
decorative art
late socialism
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of plates
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Note on transliteration and translation
  • Introduction
  • 1 The aesthetic turn after Stalin
  • 2 Technical aesthetics against the disorder of things
  • 3 Objects of neodecorativism
  • 4 From objects to design programmes
  • 5 A new production culture and non-commodities
  • Epilogue
  • Select bibliography
  • Index