Art of the Soviets : painting, sculpture, and architecture in a one-party state, 1917-1992

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1993. 1st edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Spine slightly sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: viii, 231 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Lenin's plan for monumental propaganda / Christina Lodder -- The 'new man's' body : a motif in early Soviet culture / Toby Clark -- On AKhRR / Brandon Taylor -- Allegory and iconography in socialist realist painting / Wolfgang Holz -- Socialist realist architecture : theory and practice / Catherine Cooke -- The Soviet pavilion in Paris / Sarah Wilson -- Aleksandr Gerasimov / Matthew Cullerne Bown -- Painting in the non-Russian republics / Matthew Cullerne Bown -- Art in the twilight of totalitarianism / Aleksandr Kamenski -- The 'art of memory' : retrospectivism in Soviet painting of the Brezhnev era / Susan Reid -- Ilya Glazunov : a career in art / Aleksandr Sidorov -- Non-conformist art in Leningrad / Aleksandr Borofski -- Independent culture : a Soviet phenomenon / Aleksandr Yakimovich. Subjects: Sovetskaja Associacija Me�dunarodnogo Prava; King (David) Collection; Geschichte 1917-1992; Art, Soviet Themes, motives; Architecture Soviet Union; Sculpture, Soviet; Painting, Soviet; Art, Russian; Twentieth century; Socialist realism in art; Art, Russian 20th century; Art Political aspects Soviet Union; Art and state Russia (Federation) Art and politics; Visual arts; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Art Nationalism and politics Russia; Art and politics.