Chagall Lissitzky Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde In Vitebsk, 1918-1922
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Condition remarks: Board is chipped at corner.
In the crucible of post-revolutionary Russia, the small Belarusian city of Vitebsk became an unlikely epicentre of one of the most radical artistic explosions in modern history — a story Chagall Lissitzky Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918–1922 chronicles with brilliant scholarly precision. Edited by Angela Lampe, this landmark volume reconstructs the extraordinary convergence of three titans of the avant-garde — Marc Chagall, El Lissitzky, and Kazimir Malevich — who together transformed Vitebsk into a living laboratory of Suprematism, Constructivism, and visionary artistic pedagogy. Through richly illustrated essays, archival documents, and critical analysis, the book presents the fertile creative rivalries and collaborations that defined the People's Art School, an institution that briefly made Vitebsk the artistic capital of a world in revolutionary upheaval. Beyond the biographical, this volume argues for a fundamental reassessment of Vitebsk's place in the canon of 20th-century art, illustrating how a brief but incandescent moment of collective genius reshaped painting, graphic design, and artistic theory for generations to come. Lampe's editorial vision draws together an international roster of scholars to illuminate the ideological tensions and personal dramas that drove these three masters — and leaves the reader to wonder what other revolutions may yet be hiding in history's margins.
Author: Angela Lampe
Format: Hardback
Published: 2018, Prestel
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Board is chipped at corner.
In the crucible of post-revolutionary Russia, the small Belarusian city of Vitebsk became an unlikely epicentre of one of the most radical artistic explosions in modern history — a story Chagall Lissitzky Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918–1922 chronicles with brilliant scholarly precision. Edited by Angela Lampe, this landmark volume reconstructs the extraordinary convergence of three titans of the avant-garde — Marc Chagall, El Lissitzky, and Kazimir Malevich — who together transformed Vitebsk into a living laboratory of Suprematism, Constructivism, and visionary artistic pedagogy. Through richly illustrated essays, archival documents, and critical analysis, the book presents the fertile creative rivalries and collaborations that defined the People's Art School, an institution that briefly made Vitebsk the artistic capital of a world in revolutionary upheaval. Beyond the biographical, this volume argues for a fundamental reassessment of Vitebsk's place in the canon of 20th-century art, illustrating how a brief but incandescent moment of collective genius reshaped painting, graphic design, and artistic theory for generations to come. Lampe's editorial vision draws together an international roster of scholars to illuminate the ideological tensions and personal dramas that drove these three masters — and leaves the reader to wonder what other revolutions may yet be hiding in history's margins.