The Russian avant-garde and radical modernism : an introductory reader / Dennis G. Ioffe, Frederick White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ioffe, Denis G., Editor.

White, Frederick, Editor.

Series:

Cultural Syllabus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--20th century--Russia.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Radicalism in art.

Radicalism in literature.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--20th century--Soviet Union.

Arts, Russian--History--20th century--Russia.

Arts, Russian.

Modernism (Art)--History--20th Century--Soviet Union.

Modernism (Art).

Modernism (Art)--History--Russia.

Modernism (Literature)--History--Soviet Union.

Modernism (Literature).

Experimental theater--History--Soviet Union.

Experimental theater.

Motion pictures--Soviet Union--History.

Motion pictures.

Soviet Union--Civilization--History.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (486 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Russian avant-garde was a composite of antagonistic groups who wished to overthrow the basic aesthetics of classical realism. Modernism was the totality of these numerous aesthetic theories, which achieved a measure of coherence immediately after the First World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars examines the major figures, movements, and manifestos of the period. Scholarly attention is given to literature, visual arts, cinema, and theatre in an attempt to capture the complex nature of the modernist movement in Russia. This book would be especially relevant for university courses on the Russian twentieth century as well as for those looking for a comprehensive approach to the various movements and artistic expressions that constitute the Russian avant-garde.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Note from the Editors

I. An Introduction to the Russian Avant-Garde and Radical Modernism

Introduction / Ioffe, Dennis / White, Frederick H.

II. Russian Futurism and the Related Currents

1. Hylaea / Markov, Vladimir / Weststeijn, Willem G.

2. Russian Art of the Avant-Garde (Translated Texts) / Bowlt, John E. / Goncharova, Natalya / Burliuk, David / Zdanevich, Ilya / Larionov, Mikhail / Malevich, Kazimir / Lissitzky, El

3. The Phenomenon of David Burliuk in the History of the Russian Avant-Garde Movement / Basner, Elena

4. The Revolutionary Art of Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov / Sharp, Jane A.

III. Russian Suprematism and Constructivism

1. Kazimir Malevich: His Creative Path / Kovtun, Evgenii

2. Constructivism and Productivism in the 1920's / Lodder, Christina

3. The Birth of Socialist Realism from the Spirit of the Russian Avant-Garde / Groys, Boris

4. Russian Art of the Avant-Garde (Translated Texts) / Bowlt, John E. / Bogdanov, Aleksandr / Gan, Aleksei

IV. The OBERIU Circle (Daniil Kharms and His Associates)

1. OBERIU: Daniil Kharms and Aleksandr Vvedensky on/in Time and History / Pavlov, Evgeny

2. Some Philosophical Positions in Some "OBERIU" Texts (Translator's preface) / Ostashevsky, Eugene

V. Russian Experimental Performance and Theater

1. Vsevolod Meyerhold / Burry, Alexander

2. The Culture of Experiment in Russian Theatrical Modernism: the OBERIU Theater and the Biomechanics of Vsevolod Meyerhold / Klebanov, Michael

VI. Avant-Garde Cinematography: Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov

1. Eisenstein: A Short Biography / White, Frederick H.

2. Allegory and Accommodation: Vertov's Three Songs of Lenin (1934) as a Stalinist Film / MacKay, John

Concluding Addendum: The Tradition of Experimentation in Russian Culture and the Russian Avant-Garde / Ioffe, Dennis

List of Contributors

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-61811-142-6

OCLC:

822018628