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After Constructivism
Brandon Taylor
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Description for After Constructivism
Hardback. When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In this book, the author examines the origins of these principles and their extraordinary consequences for the rest of modern art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 colour images + 97 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1230.
When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In a series of eight essays, Brandon Taylor examines the origins of these principles and their extraordinary consequences for the rest of modern art. Even before Constructivism, structure was a vital ingredient in Cubist art. After it, ideas about faktura or the “madeness” of an art object—and about its rational organization—became stock-in-trade for De Stijl in Holland and Art Concret in France and bore decisively on other currents such as Surrealism and abstract ... Read more
When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In a series of eight essays, Brandon Taylor examines the origins of these principles and their extraordinary consequences for the rest of modern art. Even before Constructivism, structure was a vital ingredient in Cubist art. After it, ideas about faktura or the “madeness” of an art object—and about its rational organization—became stock-in-trade for De Stijl in Holland and Art Concret in France and bore decisively on other currents such as Surrealism and abstract ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300195774
SKU
V9780300195774
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About Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor is professor emeritus, history of art, Southampton University, and tutor in history and theory of art at the Ruskin School of Fine Art, University of Oxford.
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