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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779086703321

Autore

Tarasov Oleg

Titolo

Framing Russian art [[electronic resource] ] : from early icons to Malevich / / Oleg Tarasov ; translated by Robin Milner-Gulland and Antony Wood ; with an editorial preface by Robin Milner-Gulland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2011

ISBN

1-280-49363-1

9786613588869

1-78023-002-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Milner-GullandR. R

WoodAntony

Disciplina

701.1

Soggetti

Picture frames and framing

Picture frames and framing - History

Picture perception

Art appreciation

Icons - Russia (Federation)

Art, Russian

Art, European

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book was first published in 2007 by Progress-Traditsiya as Rama i obraz : Ritorika obramleniya v russkom iskusstve."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Frame and image -- pt. 2. Playing with space.

Sommario/riassunto

The notion of the frame in art can refer not only to a material frame bordering an image, but also to a conceptual frame. Both meanings are essential to how the work is perceived. In Framing Russian Art, art historian Oleg Tarasov investigates the role of the frame in its literal function of demarcating a work of art and in its conceptual function affectingthe understanding of what is seen.             The first part of the book is dedicated to the framework of the Russian icon. Here, Tarasov explores the historical and cultural meanings of the icon's,setting, and o