Struggle for Utopia Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, 1917-1946

Name: Struggle for Utopia Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, 1917-1946
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ISBN: 9780226505152

ISBN-10: 0226505154

ISBN-13: 9780226505152

Edition: 1997

Authors: Victor Margolin

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Following World War I, a new artistic-social avant-garde emerged with the ambition to engage the artist in the building of social life. Through close readings of the works of Alexander Rodchenko, El Lissitzky, and Laacute;szloacute; Moholy-Nagy whose careers covered a broad range of artistic practices and political situations, Victor Margolin examines the way these three artists negotiated the changing relations between their social ideals and the political realities they confronted. Focusing on the difficult relationship between art and social change, Margolin brings important new insights to the understanding of the avant-garde's role in a period of great political complexity. "An…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/23/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 276
Size: 6.44" wide x 9.19" long x 2.10" tall
Weight: 1.474



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Visions of the Future




Constructivism in Germany




Inventing the Artist-Constructor




The Politics of Form




Representing the Regime




Design for Business or Design for Life?



Epilogue


Index