Art for the workers : proletarian art and festive decorations of Petrograd, 1917-1920 /

Art for the workers explores the mythology and reality of post-revolutionary proletarian art in Russia as well as its expression in the festive decorations of Petrograd between 1917 and 1920. It covers this brief period chronologically, and so permits a close inspection of the development of artisti...

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Main Author: Murray, Natalia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.
Edition:Roots of proletarian culture -- Festivals and proletarian art under the tsars and the Provisional Government -- Narkompros versus Proletkult : festivals and proletarian art after the Bolshevik Revolution -- The victory of figuration over futurism : from cultural diversity to military parade -- Street art-collective, politicised : the new public spectacle.
Series:Russian history and culture ; Volume 20
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