Framing Russian Art : From Early Icons to Malevich.

Framing Russian Art : From Early Icons to Malevich.

The notion of the frame in art can refer not only to a material frame bordering an image, but also to a conceptual frame. Both meanings are essential to how the work is perceived. In Framing Russian Art, art historian Oleg Tarasov investigates the role of the frame in its literal function of demarca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tarasov, Oleg
Other Authors: Milner-Gulland, Robin, Wood, Antony
Format: eBook
Language:English
Russian
Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Subjects:
Picture frames and framing > Russia.
Picture frames and framing > Philosophy.
Icons, Russian.
Art, Russian.
ART > General.
Art, Russian
Icons, Russian
Picture frames and framing
Russia
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Table of Contents:
  • Framing Russian Art Cover Page; Imprint page; Contents; Editorial Preface; Introduction: The Rhetoric of Framing in Russian Art; Part One: Frame and Image; 1. Symbolic Unity; 2. From the Middle Ages to Romanticism; Part Two: Playing with Space; 3. The Lustre of Power; 4. Between Industry and Art; Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index.

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