Tekstura: Russian Essays on Visual Culture

by Lev Manovich

Fascinated by the myth of the Russian avant-garde and scornful of official art, the West has been selective in its engagement with Russian visual culture. Yet how do contemporary Russian scholars and critics themselves approach the history of visual culture in the former Soviet Union?

Taking its title from a Russian word that can refer to the 'texture" of life, painting, or writing, this anthology assembles thirteen key essays in art history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226951243
• ISBN13: 9780226951249
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

exquisite

If we can compare books with haute couture in fashion I would say this little book is definitely a most elegant collection of essays on Russian culture i feel proud to belong.