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Framing Russian art : from early icons to Malevich / Oleg Tarasov ; translated by Robin Milner-Gulland and Antony Wood ; with an editorial preface by Robin Milner-Gulland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tarasov, Oleg.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Picture frames and framing.
- Picture frames and framing--History.
- Picture perception.
- Art appreciation.
- Icons--Russia (Federation).
- Icons.
- Art, Russian.
- Art, European.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (418 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The notion of the frame in art can refer not only to a material frame bordering an image, but also to a conceptual frame. Both meanings are essential to how the work is perceived. In Framing Russian Art, art historian Oleg Tarasov investigates the role of the frame in its literal function of demarcating a work of art and in its conceptual function affectingthe understanding of what is seen. The first part of the book is dedicated to the framework of the Russian icon. Here, Tarasov explores the historical and cultural meanings of the icon's,setting, and o
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Frame and image
- pt. 2. Playing with space.
- Notes:
- "This book was first published in 2007 by Progress-Traditsiya as Rama i obraz : Ritorika obramleniya v russkom iskusstve."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613588869
- 9781280493638
- 1280493631
- 9781780230023
- 1780230028
- OCLC:
- 775302637
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