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The Unsung Hero of the Russian Avant-Garde : the Life and Times of Nikolay Punin.

The first biography of Nikolay Punin, this book offers a comprehensive analisys of his life in the context of Russian political, social and cultural history in the first half of the XX century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murray, Natalia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.
Colección:Russian history and culture (Leiden, Netherlands)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Notes on Dates and Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter One Origins of the Hero; 1. Punin's Background and Origins; 2. The Time in Tsarskoe Selo; Chapter Two Education; 1. Studies and Teachers; 2. Influences and Interests; Chapter Three Winds of Change: The First World War and Emergence of the New Creativity in Russia; 1. The Breeding-Ground--The Last Years of Imperial Russia. Foreign Influences in Russian Art (French Artists' Exhibitions); 2. Growth of Interest in Russian Art. Foundation of the Russian Museum.
  • 3. The First World War and Promise of the Revolution4. Ideas, Ideas, Ideas. The New Faces. Punin, and His Role Among Them; 5. Private Life. Marriage and Infidelity; Chapter Four The Dawn of New Hopes: The October Revolution and the Search for New Art; 1. The October Revolution; 2. The Proletarian Art Enigma; 3. The Fight Against Old Art; 4. The Saga of the Statues; 5. Art and the State; Chapter Five No Future for the Futurists? Attempts to Educate the Masses; 1. Punin and the State Hermitage Museum; 2. Art of the Commune.
  • 3. Closure of Art of the Commune and the State's First Limitations of Artistic FreedomChapter Six Gathering Clouds, But High Heart; 1. Punin's First Arrest and First Disillusionments; 2. Anna Akhmatova; 3. Ginkhuk and Tatlin. Punin's Lectures and Courses; Chapter Seven The Slow Strangulation of Free Culture; 1. The New Rules Emerging; 2. Keeping the Flame High. Russian Museum Exhibitions; 3. Events on the Home Front. Life in the Fountain House; Chapter Eight The Victory of Socialist Realism; 1. Punin's Last Articles and Exhibitions. From Avant-Garde to Socialist Realism.
  • Chapter Nine Time of Terror1. Hard Times. Attack on Principles and Individuals; 2. The Second Arrest of Nikolay Punin; 3. Life and Work After the Arrest. Separation from Akhmatova. The Arrival of Martha Golubeva; Chapter Ten The Great Patriotic War; 1. Beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Leningrad under Siege; 2. Evacuation to Samarkand; 3. Return to the North; Chapter Eleven The Broken Post-War Dreams; 1. The Post-War Cultural Scene; 2. Punin's Dismissal and Criticism; Chapter Twelve Bitter End; 1. The Final Arrest and Interrogations; 2. Life and Death in the Gulag.