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The Struggle for Utopia: Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, 1917-1946 Hardback - 1997

by Victor Margolin

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Following World War I, a new artistic-social avant-garde emerged with the ambition to engage the artist in the building of social life. Through close readings of the works of Alexander Rodchenko, El Lissitzky, and Lszl Moholy-Nagy whose careers covered a broad range of artistic practices and political situations, Victor Margolin examines the way these three artists negotiated the changing relations between their social ideals and the political realities they confronted. Focusing on the difficult relationship between art and social change, Margolin brings important new insights to the understanding of the avant-garde's role in a period of great political complexity.

"An ambitious effort. This book puts the masters of European Modernism into perfect focus as inventors, propagators, and practitioners of a visual language that continues to hold sway over contemporary graphic style."--Steven Heller

"Worth the wait. . . . Margolin usefully presents what he calls the 'failed hope' of this movement in this valuable effort."--Publishers Weekly

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  • Title The Struggle for Utopia: Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, 1917-1946
  • Author Victor Margolin
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 276
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Publication date 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780226505152 / 0226505154
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 6.44 x 0.86 in (23.34 x 16.36 x 2.18 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Modernism (Art), Art and society - History - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96034090
  • Dewey Decimal Code 709.041
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Cloth, xiii, 261 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean text. Previous owner's blind stamp/front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Fine DJ. *** "Following World War I, a new artistic-social avant-garde emerged with the ambition to involve the artist in the building of social life. This project is exemplified in the lives of Alexander Rodchenko, El Lissitzky and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, whose careers are studied in this text." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: 1. Visions of the Future: Rodchenko and Lissitzky, 1917-1921; 2. Constructivism in Germany: Lissitzky and Moholy-Nagy, 1922-1923; 3. Inventing the Artist-Constructor: Rodchenko, 1922-1927; 4. The Politics of Form: Rodchenko and Moholy-Nagy, 1922-1929; 5. Representing the Regime: Lissitzky and Rodchenko, 1930-1941; 6. Design for Business or Design for Life? Moholy-Nagy, 1937-1946.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.
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