Art in the Cold War by Christine Lindey
A survey of high and low art, official and unofficial, in the Soviet Union and the West in the Cold War years, 1945-62, this book examines the paradox that the Soviet Union, a nation born of revolution, should have encouraged "official" art which was conservative and conformist, whereas western Europe, and the USA in particular, should preach traditional and conservative values, but have a high art which spoke of dissent. Christine Lindey's study examines these paradoxes and illustrates many artists, notably those from the Soviet Union, whose work has rarely been seen in the west. As Glasnost changes our perceptions of contemporary Soviet Union, this is a history of all aspects of art there in the post-war years, set in the political context, and comparing it with developments in art in the West.
Christine Lindey, a graduate of the Courtauld Institute, London University, is the author of two other books on twentieth-century art: Superrealist Painting and Sculpture andTwentieth Century Painting from Bonnard to Rothko
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| ISBN 13 | 9781871569193 |
| ISBN 10 | 1871569192 |
| Title | Art in the Cold War |
| Author | Christine Lindey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1990-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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