{"product_id":"gans-constructivism-aesthetic-theory-for-an-embedded-modernism-9780520298538","title":"Gans Constructivism  Aesthetic Theory for an","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kristin Romberg delivers an earth-shattering reevaluation of the Russian constructivist discipline of tectonics in her new biography of the art movement’s leading agit-man, Aleksei Gan. . . she has written such a tectonically textured testament to Gan—a book that attempts to synthetically respond to the demands of other fields external to history or Slavic studies—as might have made its protagonist proud.\" * H-Net *\u003cbr\u003e\"Devotedly and dauntingly researched (ten archives combed, no page unturned, every typeface identified by font and size), convincingly argued and eloquently written.\" -- Yuri Tsivian, * Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Romberg’s book illuminates the past but is oriented toward the future. It exemplifies a participatory, rather than receptive, mode for critical writing. Most importantly, it recalibrates the reader’s assumptions about the history of Constructivism, who makes it, and how it can be written.\" * ARTMargins *\u003cbr\u003e\"What is particularly noteworthy in Romberg’s account . . . is an awareness that no discussion of the Constructivist object is complete without considering, first, the changed material and social conditions for its production, including a new conceptualization of artistic labor; and, second, without allowing for its status as art, even where that term must no longer be understood, bourgeoisie-style, in terms of representation or institution.\" * Art Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Embedded Aesthetics and\u003cbr\u003e Situated History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Critical Masses: Mass Action and the Prehistory of\u003cbr\u003e Russian Constructivism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e GAN’S CONSTRUCTIVISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Gan’s Constructivism: Aesthetic Theory for an\u003cbr\u003e Embedded Modernism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Constructivist Tectonics and the Wegenerian\u003cbr\u003e Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Typographic and Tectonic Conditions of Gan’s\u003cbr\u003e Constructivism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e GAN’S PRODUCTIVISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Communist City: The Total Work of the\u003cbr\u003e Constructivist Object\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Communist City, Side B: Montage and the Concrete\u003cbr\u003e Human Character\u003cbr\u003e 7. Art in the Battle for Time: Cinematic Realism and the\u003cbr\u003e Rationalization of Labor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations for Archival Sources\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402902020439,"sku":"9780520298538","price":46.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520298538.jpg?v=1730481815","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gans-constructivism-aesthetic-theory-for-an-embedded-modernism-9780520298538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}