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Russian Modernism between East and West: Natal´ia Goncharova and the Moscow Avant-Garde
Jane Ashton Sharp
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hardcover. Natal'ia Goncharova and Muscovite colleagues reclaimed Russia's "Eastern" cultural heritage through their avant-garde art activities. Num Pages: 360 pages, 174 b/w illus. 14 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; ACXD; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1448.
This book reconstructs the efforts of avant-garde artists, primarily Natal'ia Goncharova and her Muscovite colleagues, to reclaim Russia's 'Eastern' cultural heritage. Before the First World War, art addressed a crisis in self-representation that was a consequence of Russia's dual cultural legacies, Asian and European. This text represents Goncharova's leading role in this project, both as a spokesperson and a painter. The animated and often polarizing debates concerning the cultural identity of contemporary art were often preceded by Goncharova's practices that react to a critical tradition that, for at least a decade, had accused the radical 'left' Muscovite artists of failing ... Read more
This book reconstructs the efforts of avant-garde artists, primarily Natal'ia Goncharova and her Muscovite colleagues, to reclaim Russia's 'Eastern' cultural heritage. Before the First World War, art addressed a crisis in self-representation that was a consequence of Russia's dual cultural legacies, Asian and European. This text represents Goncharova's leading role in this project, both as a spokesperson and a painter. The animated and often polarizing debates concerning the cultural identity of contemporary art were often preceded by Goncharova's practices that react to a critical tradition that, for at least a decade, had accused the radical 'left' Muscovite artists of failing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521831628
SKU
V9780521831628
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About Jane Ashton Sharp
Jane Sharp is Associate Professor of Art History at Rutgers University where she teaches art of the 20th and 21st centuries, and acts as Research Curator of the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers. Though recent publications have focused on Soviet unofficial art, she has authored numerous ... Read more
Reviews for Russian Modernism between East and West: Natal´ia Goncharova and the Moscow Avant-Garde
"A complex and erudite book, providing extensive primary material...The physical qualities of presentation and formal presentation of the text, notes, bibliography, index, and the copius illustrations are exemplary, and the book is a substantial contribution to scholarship on the Russian avant-garde." -Alison Hilton, Slavic Review "...a welcome addition on this subject!....Sharp expertly conveys the complexity of ... Read more