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The book is a comparative study of the constructivist avant-garde artists in Central Europe, the Hungarian MA group in exile in Vienna, the Blok group in Warsaw, and the Czech Devětsil association of artists in Prague. The author examines the similarities and significant differences among them. Contrary to often-repeated theses, the study reveals that the artists unremittingly sought new formulations for an initial set of formal and theoretical issues. It also demonstrates that they persistently believed that their works of art prefigured a future socialist society. The long-awaited socialist states that came into being after World War II betrayed the artists.

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Author:   Esther Levinger
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   0.858kg
ISBN:  

9789004505551

ISBN 10:   9004505555
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   13 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction 1 Theory and Practice of Constructivism in Central Europe  1 The Migration and Reception of Russian Constructivism  2 Vienna  3 Warsaw  4 Prague 2 Constructivist Visions of Totality and Happiness  1 The Quest for Totality  2 The Mechanical/Relational Paradigm  3 The Organic/Decentered Paradigm  4 Poetism and Constructivism: A Dialectical Unity 3 Unism: Subject and Object / Space and Time  1 Typography  2 Sculpture and Architecture  3 Theory of Vision 4 Poetism: A Marriage of Opposites  1 Popular or Proletarian  2 Picture Poems – Poetry for the Five Senses  3 Cinema: The Land of Utopia  4 Poetism: Acceptance and Rejection Conclusion: Images of a Future International Appendix 1: Lajos Kassák, “On the New Art” Appendix 2: Lajos Kassák, “On Constructivism” Appendix 3: Władysław Strzemiński, “Aspects of Reality” Appendix 4: Karl Teige, “Poem, World, Man” Bibliography Index

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Esther Levinger, Ph.D. (1980), Sorbonne Paris I, is Professor Emerita of Art History at the University of Haifa, Israel. She published a book on war memorials in Israel and articles on individual artists in Russia, Central, and Eastern Europe.

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