Imagining the Unimaginable: World War, Modern Art, & the Politics of Public Culture in Russia, 1914-1917

Imagining the Unimaginable: World War, Modern Art, & the Politics of Public Culture in Russia, 1914-1917
ISBN-10
0803215479
ISBN-13
9780803215474
Category
History
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2008-06
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Author
Aaron J. Cohen

Description

World War I had a profound influence on the aesthetics and politics of Russian culture, perhaps even more than the revolution. Looking at how the war changed Russian culture, especially visual art, Cohen shows how the wartime environment allowed iconoclastic modern art to flourish.

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