John E. Bowlt
Autore di Moscow & St. Petersburg 1900-1920: Art, Life, & Culture of the Russian Silver Age
Sull'Autore
John E. Bowlt is currently a professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Opere di John E. Bowlt
Russian Art of the Avant-Garde: Theory and Criticism 1902-1934 (Documents of Twentieth-Century Art) (1976) 60 copie
Twentieth-Century Russian and East European Painting: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection (1993) 5 copie
The silver age, Russian art of the early twentieth century and the "World of art" group (ORP studies in Russian art… (1979) 5 copie
Stage designs and the Russian avant-garde, 1911-1929 : a loan exhibition of stage and costume designs from the… (1978) 4 copie
The Art of Russia, 1800-1850 = Russkoe Iskusstvo: An Exhibition from the Museums of the USSR (1978) 4 copie
Opere correlate
Russian and Soviet Painting: An Exhibition from the Museums of the USSR Presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,… (1977) — Traduttore — 29 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Bowlt, John Ellis
- Data di nascita
- 1943-12-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England, UK (birth)
USA - Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of Birmingham (BA, MA - Russian Literature)
University of St Andrews (PhD - Russian Literature and Art) - Attività lavorative
- professor
- Organizzazioni
- University of Texas (1971-88)
University of Southern California - Breve biografia
- Married to Nicoletta Bowlt.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 34
- Opere correlate
- 7
- Utenti
- 399
- Popolarità
- #60,805
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 48
- Lingue
- 6
During the first third of the twentieth century, Russian art went through a series of dramatic changes, reflecting the political and social upheavals of the country and producing a body of influential avant-garde work.
Although the revolutionary years saw much support for the new art and its application to graphic and industrial design, many artists felt the increasingly oppressive political attitudes and left for Western Europe. Kandinsky, Malevich, Gabo, Pevsner, and others are well known for their important contribution to the history of modern Western art, but there were many lesser-known artists whose statements have never been read outside their own country.
Here John E. Bowlt has collected and translated manifestos, articles, and declarations by the principal artists and critics of the Russian avant-garde. Illustrated with more than 100 rare photographs of artworks and written works as well as facsimiles, and supplemented by clear introductory essays, bibliographical information, and copious notes, this is the essential sourcebook for a full understanding of the motivations and struggles that produced an extraordinary, seminal epoch in Russian art.… (altro)