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Aleksandr Zhitomirsky: Photomontage as a Weapon of World War II and the Cold War
Erika Wolf
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Hardback. The first comprehensive study in English of the Soviet propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky, who conceived and deployed his striking photomontages as a political weapon Num Pages: 368 pages, 300 color illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AFJD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 322 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2294.
The first comprehensive study in English of the Soviet propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky, who conceived and deployed his striking photomontages as a political weapon
The leading Russian propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky (1907–1993) made photomontages that were airdropped on German troops during World War II. He later worked for Pravda and other leading publications, satirizing American politics and finance from the Truman through the Reagan eras and educating his public about Egypt, South Africa, Vietnam, and Nicaragua as well. Zhitomirsky favored the grotesque and the eye-catching. His villainous menagerie included Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels as a distorted simian and an ... Read more
The first comprehensive study in English of the Soviet propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky, who conceived and deployed his striking photomontages as a political weapon
The leading Russian propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky (1907–1993) made photomontages that were airdropped on German troops during World War II. He later worked for Pravda and other leading publications, satirizing American politics and finance from the Truman through the Reagan eras and educating his public about Egypt, South Africa, Vietnam, and Nicaragua as well. Zhitomirsky favored the grotesque and the eye-catching. His villainous menagerie included Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels as a distorted simian and an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300219180
SKU
V9780300219180
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About Erika Wolf
Erika Wolf is associate professor of history and art history at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
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