| Contents |
Byzantium reconsidered : revivalism, avant-gardism, and the new art criticism -- From Constantinople to Moscow and St. Petersburg : museums, exhibitions and private collections -- Angels becoming demons : Mikhail Vrubel's modernist beginnings -- Vasily Kandinsky's iconic subconscious and the search for the spiritual in art -- Towards a new icon : Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and the cult of non-objectivity. |
| Abstract |
"Charts the rediscovery and rigorous reassessment of the medieval Russo-Byzantine artistic tradition in Russia in the years 1860-1920. Explores the link between Byzantine revivalism and modernist experimentation, which ultimately made a significant and lasting impact on twentieth-century avant-garde movements"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018007213 |
| ISBN | 9780271081045 (cloth : alk. paper) |
