Title & Author:

Defining Russian graphic arts : from Diaghilev to Stalin, 1898-1934 / edited by Alla Rosenfeld.

Publication:

Description:

xv, 219 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index.
Introduction / Phillip Dennis Cate -- The Search for National Identity in Turn-of-the-Century Russian Graphic Design / Alla Rosenfeld -- The Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts: A Brief History, 1895-1935 / Ekaterina Grishina -- Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Cover Designs from the Collection of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts / Elena Litovchenko -- Book and Costume Designs from the Collection of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, 1900-1930 / Elena Pliusnina -- The World of Art and Other Turn-of-the-Century Russian Art Journals, 1898-1910 / Janet Kennedy -- The World of Art Group: Book and Poster Design / Alla Rosenfeld -- A New Aesthetic: World and Image in Russian Futurist Books / Nina Gurianova -- The World Turned Upside Down: Russian Posters of the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Civil War / Alla Rosenfeld -- "Modern Icon," or "Tool for Mass Propaganda"? Russian Debate on the Poster / Elena Barkhatova -- Figuration versus Abstraction in Soviet Illustrated Children's Books, 1920-1930 / Alla Rosenfeld -- Selected Bibliography and a Note on Major Printers and Publishers / Edward Kasinec.

Summary:

"Defining Russian Graphic Arts explores the energy and innovation of Russian graphic arts during the period which began with the explosion of artistic creativity initiated by Serge Diaghilev at the end of the nineteenth century and which ended in the mid-1930s with Stalin's devastating control over the arts. This beautifully illustrated book represents the development of Russian graphic arts as a continuum during these forty years, and places Suprematism and Constructivism in the context of the other major, but lesser-known, manifestations of early twentieth-century Russian art. The book includes such diverse categories of graphic arts as lubki (popular prints), posters and book designs, journals, music sheets, and ephemera. It features not only standard types of printed media and related studies and maquettes, but also a number of watercolor and gouache costume and stage designs. About 100 works borrowed from the National Library of Russia and the Research Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia-many seen here for the first time outside of Russia-are featured in this book. Additional works have been drawn from the Zimmerli Art Museum, The New York Public Library, and from other public and private collections. Together they provide a rare opportunity to view and learn about a wide variety of artists, from the acclaimed to the lesser known. This book is a companion volume to an exhibition appearing at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University."--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

0813526043 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780813526041 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava
Graphic arts Russia (Federation) History 19th century Exhibitions.
Graphic arts Russia (Federation) History 20th century Exhibitions.
Printed ephemera Russia (Federation) Exhibitions.
Arts graphiques Russie Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Arts graphiques Russie Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Publications éphémères Russie Expositions.
Graphic arts
Printed ephemera
Grafik
Prenten.
Arts graphiques Russie Histoire 19e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Russia (Federation)
Russland
Sowjetunion

Form/genre:

Ausstellung New Brunswick (NJ) 1999.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Books.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Rosenfeld, Alla.
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219283
Call No.: NE675.3 .D44 1999
Status: Available