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The great utopia : the Russian and Soviet avant-garde, 1915-1932 / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ... [et al.]

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Guggenheim Museum : Distributed by Rizzoli International Publications , c1992.Description: xv, 732 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cmISBN:

0892070951

Uniform titles:

Grosse Utopie . English.

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DDC classification:

REF 709.47 GRE

LOC classification:

N6988 .G7413 1992

Summary: With reproductions of over 700 works of art representing a dramatic expansion in the study of Russian and Soviet Modernism, this commemoration-on-a-grand-scale goes well beyond a mere rehashing of the Suprematist wedges and squares painted by Kazimir Malevich. Leaving no art historical stone unturned, this book demonstrates how thoroughly this aesthetic revolution placed all varieties of artistic expression in the service of social goals. Among the many fascinating examples here are the manifestations of the era's Constructivist/Suprematist sensibilities within more proletarian media such as costume, book, porcelain, and textile design. Groupings of excellent reproductions separate the scholarly and theoretical essays.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 709.47 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		054229

Many contributions translated from Russian; one contribution translated from German.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Mar. 1-May 10, 1992; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, June 5-Aug. 23, 1992, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Sept. 25-Dec. 15, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

With reproductions of over 700 works of art representing a dramatic expansion in the study of Russian and Soviet Modernism, this commemoration-on-a-grand-scale goes well beyond a mere rehashing of the Suprematist wedges and squares painted by Kazimir Malevich. Leaving no art historical stone unturned, this book demonstrates how thoroughly this aesthetic revolution placed all varieties of artistic expression in the service of social goals. Among the many fascinating examples here are the manifestations of the era's Constructivist/Suprematist sensibilities within more proletarian media such as costume, book, porcelain, and textile design. Groupings of excellent reproductions separate the scholarly and theoretical essays.

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