The Struggle for Utopia: Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, 1917-1946

by Victor Margolin

Book Overview

Following World War I, a new artistic-social avant-garde emerged with the ambition to engage the artist in the building of social life. Through close readings of the works of Alexander Rodchenko, El Lissitzky, and L szl Moholy-Nagy whose careers covered a broad range of artistic practices and political situations, Victor Margolin examines the way these three artists negotiated the changing relations between their social ideals and the political realities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226505162
• ISBN13: 9780226505169
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"