Russian and Soviet Views of Modern Western Art, 1890s to Mid-1930s / Dorontchenkov/Rougle; ed. by Ilia Dorontchenkov, Nina Gourianova, Charles Rougle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorontchenkov/Rougle, Author.

Contributor:

Dorontchenkov, Ilia, Editor.

Gurʹi︠a︡nova, N. A., Editor.

Rougle, Charles, Editor.

Series:

Documents of Twentieth-Century Art

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.) : 42 b/w photos scattered

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2009]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From the first Modernist exhibitions in the late 1890s to the Soviet rupture with the West in the mid-1930s, Russian artists and writers came into wide contact with modern European art and ideas. Introducing a wealth of little-known material set in an illuminating interpretive context, this sourcebook presents Russian and Soviet views of Western art during this critical period of cultural transformation. The writings document complex responses to these works and ideas before the Russians lost contact with them almost entirely. Many of these writings have been unavailable to foreign readers and, until recently, were not widely known even to Russian scholars. Both an important reference and a valuable resource for classrooms, the book includes an introductory essay and shorter introductions to the individual sections.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

RUSSIAN CRITICISM BEFORE THE REVOLUTION 1890s1917

I FACING EUROPE: IMPRESSIONS, CONTACTS, AND CRITICISMS

II WESTERN INFLUENCES: SYMBOLISM, IMPRESSIONISM, POST-IMPRESSIONISM, AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE EXHIBITIONS

III MATISSE, PICASSO, AND THE SHCHUKIN AND MOROZOV COLLECTIONS

IV CUBISM AND FUTURISM

V ART AND NATIONALITY: POLEMICS AND REACTIONS

RUSSIAN AND SOVIET CRITICISM AFTER THE REVOLUTION

VI THE INTERNATIONAL OF ART AND THE GREAT UTOPIA

VII NEW VISIONS OF WESTERN ART

VIII EXPRESSIONISM AND GEORGE GROSZ

IX CREATING A MODEL FOR REVOLUTIONARY ART

X CHANGING VIEWS OF WESTERN ART

XI THE END OF AN ERA

CHRONOLOGY

ACRONYMS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ILLUSTRATIONS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-35376-5

OCLC:

1402658887