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Informationen zum Autor Alison Hilton is Wright Family Professor of Art History and Director of the M.A. Program in Art and Museum Studies at Georgetown University. She is author of Kazimir Malevich, 1878-1935 and author (with Norton T. Dodge) of New Art from the Soviet Union: The Known and the Unknown. Klappentext Russian Folk Art surveys the traditions, styles, and functions of the many objects made by Russian peasant artists and artisans. Placing the objects within the settings in which folk artists worked-the peasant household, the village, and the local market-Alison Hilton discusses the principal media artists employed and the items they produced, from dippers and goblets to clothing and window frames. Emphasizing the balance between time-honored forms and techniques and the creativity of individual artists, the book explores how images and designs helped to form a Russian aesthetic identity in the 19th and 20th centuries. Abundantly illustrated with examples from Russian museums, Russian Folk Art is a treasure for anyone interested in Russian culture. Zusammenfassung The rich legacy of Russian folk art and artists Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Part I The Arts in Peasant Life 1. Tradition and Discovery 2. Villiage and Izba 3. Domestic Tasks and Tools 4. Specialization and Originality: Some Peasant Artists Part II Materials and Forms 5. Wood and Carved Ornament 6. Painting on Wood 7. Textile Arts and Costume 8. Beyond the Villiage: Specialized Crafts and Urban Folk Art 9. Toys in All Media Part III Designs and Their Meaning 10. AMulet, Ornament, and Ritual 11. Transformation of the Slavic Legacy 12. Heraldic Beasts and Guardian Figures: The Evolution of Motifs 13. Scenes from Life and Forms from the Past Part IV Preservation and Revival of Russian Folk Art 14. Serf Artist, Peasant Painters, and the Rise of Genre 15. National Art and Folk Art 16. Artistic Renewal 17. Folk Art and New Languages of Art 18. Reshaping Folk Art in the Soviet Era Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Index ...
