The Crisis of Ugliness: From Cubism to Pop-Art
Author | : Mikhail Lifshitz |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2018-06-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004366558 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004366555 |
Rating | : 4/5 (555 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Crisis of Ugliness: From Cubism to Pop-Art written by Mikhail Lifshitz and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mikhail Lifshitz is a major forgotten figure in the tradition of Marxist philosophy and art history. The Crisis of Ugliness (1968), published here in English for the first time, is a compact broadside against modernism in the visual arts that resists the dogmatic complacencies of Stalinist aesthetics.