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1 online resource (439 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Russian History and Culture
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Russian history and culture (Leiden, Netherlands)
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Notes on Dates and Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter One Origins of the Hero; 1. Punin's Background and Origins; 2. The Time in Tsarskoe Selo; Chapter Two Education; 1. Studies and Teachers; 2. Influences and Interests; Chapter Three Winds of Change: The First World War and Emergence of the New Creativity in Russia; 1. The Breeding-Ground--The Last Years of Imperial Russia. Foreign Influences in Russian Art (French Artists' Exhibitions); 2. Growth of Interest in Russian Art. Foundation of the Russian Museum. |
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3. The First World War and Promise of the Revolution4. Ideas, Ideas, Ideas. The New Faces. Punin, and His Role Among Them; 5. Private Life. Marriage and Infidelity; Chapter Four The Dawn of New Hopes: The October Revolution and the Search for New Art; 1. The October Revolution; 2. The Proletarian Art Enigma; 3. The Fight Against Old Art; 4. The Saga of the Statues; 5. Art and the State; Chapter Five No Future for the Futurists? Attempts to Educate the Masses; 1. Punin and the State Hermitage Museum; 2. Art of the Commune. |
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3. Closure of Art of the Commune and the State's First Limitations of Artistic FreedomChapter Six Gathering Clouds, But High Heart; 1. Punin's First Arrest and First Disillusionments; 2. Anna Akhmatova; 3. Ginkhuk and Tatlin. Punin's Lectures and Courses; Chapter Seven The Slow Strangulation of Free Culture; 1. The New Rules Emerging; 2. Keeping the Flame High. Russian Museum Exhibitions; 3. Events on the Home Front. Life in the Fountain House; Chapter Eight The Victory of Socialist Realism; 1. Punin's Last Articles and Exhibitions. From Avant-Garde to Socialist Realism. |
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Chapter Nine Time of Terror1. Hard Times. Attack on Principles and Individuals; 2. The Second Arrest of Nikolay Punin; 3. Life and Work After the Arrest. Separation from Akhmatova. The Arrival of Martha Golubeva; Chapter Ten The Great Patriotic War; 1. Beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Leningrad under Siege; 2. Evacuation to Samarkand; 3. Return to the North; Chapter Eleven The Broken Post-War Dreams; 1. The Post-War Cultural Scene; 2. Punin's Dismissal and Criticism; Chapter Twelve Bitter End; 1. The Final Arrest and Interrogations; 2. Life and Death in the Gulag. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography of Published Writings of N. PuninBibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The first biography of Nikolay Punin, this book offers a comprehensive analisys of his life in the context of Russian political, social and cultural history in the first half of the XX century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Punin, N. N. (Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich)
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Punin, N. N. (Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich) |
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Art critics -- Russia -- Biography.
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Art critics. |
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Russia. |
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Biographies.
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Art critics -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Soviet Union. |
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Art, Russian -- Russia -- 20th century -- History.
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Art, Russian. |
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20th century |
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History. |
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Russia -- History.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) |
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Soviet Union -- History.
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murray, Natalia. Unsung Hero of the Russian Avant-Garde : The Life and Times of Nikolay Punin. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004204751 |
| ISBN |
9789004225596 (electronic book) |
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9004225595 (electronic book) |
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