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Constructivism
Aleksei Gan
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Description for Constructivism
Paperback. Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan's Constructivism was the first theoretical treatise of postrevolutionary Russia's emergent Constructivist movement. This edition replicates Gan's original layout, which was one of the first experiments in Constructivist typography and graphic design, and also presents an introductory essay. Num Pages: 178 pages, 12 colour plates, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan's Constructivism was the first theoretical treatise of postrevolutionary Russia's emergent Constructivist movement. Fired with revolutionary zeal, it was unquestionably a declaration of war on traditional bourgeois art. Constructivism recasts artists and architects as Constructors, turning away from aesthetic or speculative problems in art and instead focusing on the fusion of art with everyday life in order to create a functional system of design, one in keeping with the great task of building the new communist society. This edition replicates Gan's original layout, which was one of the first experiments in Constructivist typography and ... Read more
Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan's Constructivism was the first theoretical treatise of postrevolutionary Russia's emergent Constructivist movement. Fired with revolutionary zeal, it was unquestionably a declaration of war on traditional bourgeois art. Constructivism recasts artists and architects as Constructors, turning away from aesthetic or speculative problems in art and instead focusing on the fusion of art with everyday life in order to create a functional system of design, one in keeping with the great task of building the new communist society. This edition replicates Gan's original layout, which was one of the first experiments in Constructivist typography and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Editorial Tenov S.L.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN
9788493923129
SKU
V9788493923129
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Ref
99-13
About Aleksei Gan
Aleksei Gan (1887-1942) was an agitator, publisher, activist, artist, and promoter, as well as the main theorist and cofounder of the First Working Group of Constructivists. Christina lodder is a renowned scholar of Russian art and professor of the history and philosophy of art at the University of Kent.
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