Constructing revolution soviet propaganda posters, 1917-1947

"Constructing Revolution explores the remarkable and wide-ranging body of propaganda posters as an artistic consequence of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Marking its centennial, this book delves into a relatively short-lived era of unprecedented experimentation and utopian idealism, which produce...

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Körperschaften: Museum of Art <Brunswick, Me.> (Gastgebende Institution), Portland Art Museum <Portland, Or.> (Gastgebende Institution), Wolfsonian <Miami Beach, Fla.> (Gastgebende Institution)
Weitere Verfasser: Toland, Kristina (VerfasserIn einer Einleitung), Silverman, Aleksia (MitwirkendeR)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Brunswick, Maine Bowdoin College Museum of Art 2021
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Zusammenfassung:"Constructing Revolution explores the remarkable and wide-ranging body of propaganda posters as an artistic consequence of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Marking its centennial, this book delves into a relatively short-lived era of unprecedented experimentation and utopian idealism, which produced some of the most iconic images in the history of graphic design. The eruption of the First World War, the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, and the subsequent civil war broke down established political and social structures and brought an end to the Tsarist Empire. Russia was split into antagonistic worlds: the Bolsheviks and the enemy, the proletariat and the exploiters, the collective and the private, the future and the past. The deft manipulation of public opinion was integral to the violent class struggle. Having seized power in 1917, the Bolsheviks immediately recognized posters as a critical means to tout the Revolution's triumph and ensure its spread. Posters supplied the new iconography, converting Communist aspirations into readily accessible, urgent, public art. This book surveys genres and methods of early Soviet poster design and introduces the most prominent artists of the movement. Reflecting the turbulent and ultimately tragic history of Russia in the 1920s and 1930s, it charts the formative decades of the USSR and demonstrates the tight bond between Soviet art and ideology. The posters featured in this book come from a celebrated private collection built by Eric and Svetlana Silverman"--
Beschreibung:Catalog of an exhibition by the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, June 26-September 26, 2021. Originally presented at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art September 23, 2017-February 11, 2018, and the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, April 13-August 12, 2018
Beschreibung:191 Seiten
32 cm
ISBN:9781735441634
978-1-7354416-3-4