Architecture in the Age of Stalin - Culture Two

Klappentext This book examines cultural mechanisms that affected the evolution of architecture in Russia during the Stalinist period. Zusammenfassung This book examines the evolution of architecture in Russia during the Stalinist period! demonstrating how the aesthetic choices of Stalin and his architects were conditioned by the cultural mechanisms of the 1930s and 1940s. Paperny presents the remarkable trajectory of architectural and cultural transformation that marked a pivotal moment of Russia's history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Spreading-Hardening: 1. Beginning-end; 2. Movement-immobility; 3. Horizontal-vertical; 4. Uniform-hierarchical; Part II. Mechanism-Human: 5. Collective-individual; 6. Mechanical-living; 7. Abstractions-name; 8. Good-evil; Part III. Lyrical-Epic: 9. Mutism-word; 10. Improvisation-notation; 11. Efficacious-artistic; 12. Realism-truth; 13. Business-miracle; Conclusion: Destruction-creation; Chronology.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vladimir Paperny, Paperny Vladimir
• Con la collaborazione di: Roann Barris (Traduzione), Barris Roann (Traduzione), John Hill (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521292603
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29260-3
• Pagine: 400
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in New Art H; Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Altro; Russia, 20th Century, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Architecture