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- catalog abstract "After the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, the new government took control of the art establishment in Russia, nationalizing all art collections and laying down the principles that were to govern the creation of works of art. During the next decades Socialist Realism became the mainstream movement, encompassing the work of nearly all Soviet artists: they were required to produce art comprehensible to the masses that would inspire admiration for the dignity of the working man and his task of building communism. This book -- the first comprehensive survey of Socialist Realist painting -- traces this style from its artistic and intellectual origins in nineteenth-century Russia through its flowering in the middle of the twentieth century to its decline at the end of the Soviet period. Matthew Cullerne Bown analyzes the formal and stylistic development of the art and discusses the theory underpinning it. He describes the creative work of such key figures as Aleksandr Deineka, Arkadi Plastov, and Geli Korzhev, as well as the work of hundreds of other lesser-known painters throughout the century. He considers the work of artists in Moscow and St. Petersburg and also of those painters active in the Russian provinces and in the Soviet republics other than Russia. In its geographical and chronological sweep, its lavish illustrations, and its wealth of primary source material, the book is an indispensable study of a major art movement of the twentieth century.".
- catalog contributor b10735444.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "After the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, the new government took control of the art establishment in Russia, nationalizing all art collections and laying down the principles that were to govern the creation of works of art. During the next decades Socialist Realism became the mainstream movement, encompassing the work of nearly all Soviet artists: they were required to produce art comprehensible to the masses that would inspire admiration for the dignity of the working man and his task of building communism. This book -- the first comprehensive survey of Socialist Realist painting -- traces this style from its artistic and intellectual origins in nineteenth-century Russia through its flowering in the middle of the twentieth century to its decline at the end of the Soviet period. Matthew Cullerne Bown analyzes the formal and stylistic development of the art and discusses the theory underpinning it. He describes the creative work of such key figures as Aleksandr Deineka, Arkadi Plastov, and Geli Korzhev, as well as the work of hundreds of other lesser-known painters throughout the century. He considers the work of artists in Moscow and St. Petersburg and also of those painters active in the Russian provinces and in the Soviet republics other than Russia. In its geographical and chronological sweep, its lavish illustrations, and its wealth of primary source material, the book is an indispensable study of a major art movement of the twentieth century.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 468-479) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface: Western Approaches -- Introduction: Russian Painting and Revolutionary Aesthetics before the October 1917 Revolution -- pt. I. The Tower of Babel: Conflicting Forces in the Soviet Art World, 1917-1932 -- pt. II. 'Realistic in Form and Socialist in Content': The First Years of Socialist Realism, 1932-1941 -- pt. III. ' ... with oil Lamps, starving, in horrifying cold': Art in the Teeth of War, 1941-1945 -- pt. IV. Conflictlessness: The Academy Triumphant, 1945-1953 -- pt. V. The Thaw: Painting during the Khrushchev Years, 1953-1964 -- pt. VI. ' ... the sear, the yellow leaf': The Decline of Socialist Realism, 1964-1991.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 506 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300068441 (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union.".
- catalog subject "759.7/09/04 21".
- catalog subject "ND688 .B75 1998".
- catalog subject "Painting, Modern 20th century Soviet Union.".
- catalog subject "Painting, Soviet.".
- catalog subject "Socialist realism in art Soviet Union.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface: Western Approaches -- Introduction: Russian Painting and Revolutionary Aesthetics before the October 1917 Revolution -- pt. I. The Tower of Babel: Conflicting Forces in the Soviet Art World, 1917-1932 -- pt. II. 'Realistic in Form and Socialist in Content': The First Years of Socialist Realism, 1932-1941 -- pt. III. ' ... with oil Lamps, starving, in horrifying cold': Art in the Teeth of War, 1941-1945 -- pt. IV. Conflictlessness: The Academy Triumphant, 1945-1953 -- pt. V. The Thaw: Painting during the Khrushchev Years, 1953-1964 -- pt. VI. ' ... the sear, the yellow leaf': The Decline of Socialist Realism, 1964-1991.".
- catalog title "Socialist realist painting / Matthew Cullerne Bown.".
- catalog type "text".