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| Rodchenko: Photography 1924-1954 [Click on the appropriate flag to buy the book] | Product Details Hardcover 344 pages Konemann Published 1999 Amazon.com This is the most complete volume published outside of Russia to capture the photographic work of Alexander Rodchenko, one of the former Soviet Union's greatest artists. In it, Alexander Lavrentiev, grandson of the photographer, includes more than 400 pictures reproduced under a broad categorical structure that allows the reader to gain insight into Rodchenko's work. What comes across most clearly from the content and form of these photos is the artist's desire to depict an image of purposeful individuality and an idealized relationship between humankind and the built world under construction in the Soviet Union. Individual portraits generally contain a device, such as a reflection, or capture some movement that obliterates the standard style of Western portraiture. Buildings, even trees, are photographed to draw attention to the space they hold rather than to depict scenic landscapes. The photos are stunningly original. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Russian constructivist artist Rodchenko (1891-1956), known for his avant-garde paintings, collages, graphics, sculpture and stage designs, took up photography in 1924 and proceeded to transform the medium with his dynamic compositions, inventive use of photomontage and radical experiments with foreshortened perspective. In this comprehensive monograph, art historian Lavrentiev, the artist's grandson, presents more than 400 of Rodchenko's photographs, most of them in black and white, and... read more --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. |
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Rodchenko: Photography 1924-1954 Alexander Lavrentiev (Editor) | |
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The Struggle for Utopia: Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy: 1917-1946 Victor Margolin | |
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The Struggle for Utopia: Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy: 1917-1946 Victor Margolin | |
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Alexander Rodchenko: Painting, Drawing, Collage, Design, Photography Alexander Rodchenko; Magdalena Dabrowski (Editor); & Peter Galassi (Editor) | |
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Alexander Rodchenko: Experiments for the Future Alexander Rodchenko; & Peter Galassi | |
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Aleksandr Rodchenko: The New Moscow Margarita Tupitsyn | |
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