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Guggenheim Reader Series [electronic resource] : Russia
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Museum , The Guggenheim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art patrons--United States--Biography.
- Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
- Guggenheim family.
- Jews--United States--Biography.
- Local Subjects:
- Art patrons--United States--Biography.
- Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
- Guggenheim family.
- Jews--United States--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (586 p.)
- Other Title:
- Guggenheim Reader Series
- Place of Publication:
- : Guggenheim Museum, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Guggenheim Reader Series: Russia is the inaugural title in a new e-book series that brings together scholarly essays on prominent themes. The Guggenheim has a rich history of exploring Russian art and the avant-garde in particular; this anthology collects the most insightful and influential essays from exhibition catalogues such as The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 19151932 (1992) and Russia! Nine Hundred Years of Masterpieces and Master Collections (2005), as well as focused monographic studies of Russian masters like Vasily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich.
- Contents:
- ""Title page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""The Icon in the History and the Life of the Russian People""; ""Majesty of the Tsars""; ""From Realism to Symbolism""; ""Politics of the Avant-Garde""; ""Women of Genius""; ""Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism""; ""Kandinsky in Russia""; ""Critical Reception of the 0.10 Exhibition""; ""Russian Constructivist Art""; ""New Insights into Soviet Constructivism""; ""Art of the Soviet Book""; ""Terms of Transition""; ""Educating the Masses""; ""Official Exchanges/Unofficial Representations""; ""Between Past and Future""
- ""Introduction Notes""""Politics of the Avant-Garde Notes""; ""Women of Genius Notes""; ""Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism Notes""; ""Kandinsky in Russia Notes""; ""Critical Reception of the 0.10 Exhibition Notes""; ""New Insights into Soviet Constructivism Notes""; ""Art of the Soviet Book Notes""; ""Terms of Transition Notes""; ""Official Exchanges/Unofficial Representations Notes""; ""Educating the Masses Notes""; ""Between Past and Future Notes""; ""Copyright""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-89207-491-4
- OCLC:
- 823388848
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