Constructivism in Central Europe : Painting, Typography, Photomontage.

The book is a comparative study of the constructivist avant-garde artists in Central Europe, the Hungarian MA group in exile in Vienna, the Blok group in Warsaw, and the Czech Devětsil association of artists in Prague. The author examines the similarities and significant differences among them. Cont...

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Main Author: Levinger, Esther
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : BRILL, 2022.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9789004506374
9004506373
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Esther Levinger
  • Copyright page / Esther Levinger
  • Illustrations / Esther Levinger
  • Abbreviations / Esther Levinger
  • Introduction / Esther Levinger
  • Chapter 1 Theory and Practice of Constructivism in Central Europe / Esther Levinger
  • Chapter 2 Constructivist Visions of Totality and Happiness / Esther Levinger
  • Chapter 3 Unism: Subject and Object / Space and Time / Esther Levinger
  • Chapter 4 Poetism: A Marriage of Opposites / Esther Levinger
  • Conclusion: Images of a Future International / Esther Levinger
  • Appendix 1: Lajos Kassák, "On the New Art" / Esther Levinger
  • Appendix 2: Lajos Kassák, "On Constructivism" / Esther Levinger
  • Appendix 3: Władysław Strzemiński, "Aspects of Reality" / Esther Levinger
  • Appendix 4: Karl Teige, "Poem, World, Man" / Esther Levinger
  • Bibliography / Esther Levinger
  • Index / Esther Levinger.