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Author Makaryk, Irene Rima, author.

Title April in Paris : theatricality, modernism, and politics at the 1925 Art Deco Expo / Irena R. Makaryk.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Attracting over fifteen million visitors, the 1925 Paris Expo had an ambitious goal to create a new modernist style which would reflect the great scientific, industrial, and technological advances that produced a new spirit known as "modern." In April in Paris, author Irena R. Makaryk explores the theatre arts' vital cultural and political impact at this celebrated international exhibition. Drawing extensively from unexplored archival documents from France, Austria, and North America, April in Paris is the first major study to focus on theatre arts at the 1925 Paris Expo and the audacious Soviet contributions to this fair. Turning a spotlight on the uses and representations of theatricalized spaces, Makaryk analyses their political challenge at a time when relations between the West and the USSR were rife with tension. Copiously illustrated with beautiful colour and black and white illustrations, this book elucidates the complex role of the international fair as a catalyst for spirited cultural debate and for aesthetic change."-- Provided by publisher
Contents Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note to the Reader on Transliteration; Introduction. April in Paris 1925: "as important as the Renaissance"; 1 Theatricalizing the City: Space, Modernism, and the Paris Expo; 2 April in Paris 1925: Staging the New Spirit; 3 Conquering Space: The Soviets in Paris; 4 Great Expectations: Space and Theatre Arts; 5 Trial by Space: Incarnating the Revolution; 6 Battling Traditional Space: Bringing Modernism from Paris to New York; 7 Transformative Space: Into the Future; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
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Subject Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925 : Paris, France)
Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes.
Exhibitions -- Political aspects -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Exhibitions -- Political aspects.
France -- Paris.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Exhibitions -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Theater -- Political aspects.
Exhibitions.
Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century.
Aesthetics, Modern.
Theater -- Political aspects.
HISTORY -- Study & Teaching.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: MAKARYK, IRENA. APRIL IN PARIS. [Place of publication not identified] : UNIV OF TORONTO PRESS, 2018 1487503725 (OCoLC)1005109904
ISBN 9781487518585 (electronic book)
1487518587 (electronic book)
1487503725
9781487503727