Russian avant-garde - Kovtun, E. F., (Evgeniĭ Fedorovich) (Parkstone International, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (page 196) and index
The Russian Avant-Garde was born at the turn of the twentieth century in pre-revolutionary Russia. The intellectual and cultural turmoil had then reached a peak and provided fertile soil for the formation of the movement. For many artists influenced by European art, the movement represented a way of liberating themselves from the social and aesthetic constraints of the past. It was these Avant-Garde artists who, through their immense creativity, gave birth to abstract art, thereby elevating Russian culture to a modern level. Such painters as Kandinsky, Malevich, Goncharova, Larionov, and Tatlin
Art in the First Years of the Revolution; 'Picasso, this is not the new art.'; The Spiritual Universe; The ROSTA Windows (Russian Telegraph Agency) of Petrograd; The Sevodnia Artel; The VKhUTEMAS [Higher Art and Technical Studios]; Wassily Kandinsky; The Struggle Against Gravity; The 'Renaissance' of Vitebsk; Schools and Movements; The Institute of Artistic Culture; The Additional Element; Elena Guro; The Signal for a Return to Nature; The End of the INKhUK; Malevich's Second Peasant Cycle; The Rebellion Against God; The National 'Tone' of Colour