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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793258103321

Autore

Taroutina Maria

Titolo

The icon and the square : Russian modernism and the Russo-Byzantine revival / / Maria Taroutina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-271-08255-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

709.4709034

Soggetti

Art, Russian - 19th century

Art, Russian - 20th century

Modernism (Art) - Russia

Art, Modern - Byzantine influences

Art, Byzantine - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Byzantium reconsidered : revivalism, avant-gardism and the new art criticism -- From Constantinople to Moscow and St. Petersburg : museums, exhibitions and private collections -- Angels becoming demons : Mikhail Vrubel's modernist beginnings -- Vasily Kandinsky's iconic subconscious and the search for the spiritual in art -- Towards a new icon : Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin and the cult of non-objectivity.

Sommario/riassunto

"Charts the rediscovery and rigorous reassessment of the medieval Russo-Byzantine artistic tradition in Russia in the years 1860-1920. Explores the link between Byzantine revivalism and modernist experimentation, which ultimately made a significant and lasting impact on twentieth-century avant-garde movements"--Provided by publisher.