Imagining the Unimaginable

BookImagining the Unimaginable
Cover/Jacket Design byR. W. Boeche
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
Publisher SeriesStudies in War, Society, and the Military
Typeset byKim Essman
Cover Art byKazimir Malevich
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationUnited States
Copyright2008
Pages / Fontxii + 232 pages / Stone
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number2007047098
ISBN 13978-0-8032-1547-4
Impression/Printing No.1
ChaptersList of Illustrations, viii Acknowledgements, xi Introduction,1 1. The Wars against Tradition: The Culture of the Art Profession in Russia, 1863-1914, 13 2. In the Storm: Reshaping the Public and the Art World, 1914-1915, 51 3. Love in the Time of Cholera: Russian Art and the Real War, 1915-1916, 85 4. Masters of the Material World: World War I, the Avant-Garde, and the Origins of Non-Objective Art, 115 5. The Revolver and the Brush: The Political Mobilization of Russian Artists through War and Revolution, 1916-1917, 149 Conclusion, 181 Appendix, 189 Notes, 195 Selected Bibliography, 225 Index, 229
Notessubtitle: World War, Modern Art, and the Politics of Public Culture in Russia, 1914-1917. cover art: Black Square, 1915, by Kazimir Malevich. State Tretiakov [Tretyakov] Gallery, Moscow, Russia. manufactured in the USA
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