Main entry:

Rowell, Margit, author. aut

Title & Author:

The Russian avant-garde book, 1910-1934 / Margit Rowell, Deborah Wye ; with essays by Jared Ash [and others].

Publication:

New York, N.Y . : Museum of Modern Art, 2002.

Description:

304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index.
Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Donor's statement / Harvey S. Shipley Miller -- Art issues/book issues : an overview / Deborah Wye -- A game in hell, hard work in heaven : deconstructing the canon in Russian futurist books / Nina Gurianova -- Primitivism in Russian futurist book design 1910-14 / Jared Ash -- Kruchenykh contra Gutenberg / Gerald Janecek -- Constructivist book design : shaping the proletarian conscience / Margit Rowell -- Plates : A slap in the face of public taste, 1910-24 -- Futurist poets and painters -- The theme of war -- A revolution of the printed word -- Vernacular variations and Judaica -- Transform the world! 1916-33 : Suprematism and the non-objective vision -- Popular revolutionary imagery -- Books for children -- Constructivist graphic design -- Photography and photomontage -- Building socialism, 1924-34 : Architecture and industry -- Photography in the service of propaganda -- Non-official publications.
Also includes essays by Nina Gurianova and Gerald Janecek.

Summary:

The focus of this study is the book format as produced by Russian avant-garde artists and poets from 1910 to 1934. This period saw a remarkable proliferation of books in which artists were involved, and such books played a fundamental role in the aesthetic thinking of the day. Radical new forms appearing in both painting and poetry in the teens, offered by a close-knit community of artists and poets, provided the impetus.

Resources:
e-book
Exhibition history

ISBN:

0870700073
9780870700071
0810962241 (Abrams)
9780810962248 (Abrams)

Subject:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Exhibitions.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Exhibitions Catalogs.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Book design Soviet Union History 20th century.
Illustration of books Soviet Union 20th century.
Printing Soviet Union History 20th century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Soviet Union.
Makeup (Printing) Soviet Union History.
Illustration of books Soviet Union History.
Printing Soviet Union History.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Soviet Union History.
Mise en pages URSS Histoire.
Illustration des livres URSS Histoire.
Imprimerie URSS Histoire.
Avant-garde (Art) URSS Histoire.
Livres Conception graphique URSS Histoire 20e siècle.
Illustration des livres URSS 20e siècle.
Imprimerie URSS Histoire 20e siècle.
Makeup (Printing)
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Book design
Illustration of books
Printing
Avant-garde.
Boekkunst.
Artes (século 20) Rússia.
Ilustração.
Livros.
Design gráfico.
Soviet Union

Form/genre:

Exhibition.
Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Wye, Deborah, author.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 221363
Call No.: Z116 .R6 2002
Status: Available