| Description |
487 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The geography and history of art in Eastern Europe -- Behind the Iron Curtain before 1948. The Surrealist interregnum, 1945-8 -- Modernism and totalitarianism. The 'thaw' and Art informel ; Myths of geometry ; Un-socialist realism ; The critique of painting : towards the neo-avant-garde -- The neo-avant-garde and 'real socialism' in the 1970's. Mapping the neo-avant-garde, c.1970 ; Conceptual art between theory of art and critique of the system ; The politics of identity : male and female body art -- Epilogue : the spectres haunting Europe in the 1980's. |
| Summary |
A comprehensive study of art and politics in Eastern Europe between the end of World War II and the fall of Communism, this title brings together a wide range of issues, including artistic problems, movements, attitudes, and kinds of expression, and compares and describes them to create a new art map of the region. |
| Language |
Translated from the Polish. |
| Subject |
Art -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern.
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Art -- Political aspects. |
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Eastern Europe. |
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Art, East European -- 20th century.
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Art, East European. |
| ISBN |
9781861894380 hardback |
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1861894384 hardback |
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