Stories for little comrades
Subtitle: revolutionary artists and the making of early Soviet children's books
By: Evgeny Steiner ; translated from the Russian by Jane Ann Miller.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Soviet Union; Illustration of books -- Soviet Union -- 20th century; Constructivism (Art) -- Soviet Union
Description: "In the Soviet Union of the 1920s, the most prominent avant-garde artists were eager children's book illustrators. Reaching a mass audience of unformed, malleable young people appealed to their commitment to an art manifesto based on the creation of a new kind of person for the revolutionary age. At the same time, good pay and a low risk of censorship were practical attractions."--BOOK JACKET.

"The Constructivist artists drew considerable attention in the West for their brilliant creativity in using geometric designs, machine-age forms, and an architectural sense of space in their approach to the visual arts. Rejecting easel painting as a passe bourgeois preoccupation, they turned to designing and mythologizing objects of everyday use.

In a major reassessment of their work, Evgeny Steiner forcefully demonstrates that the Constructivists were as committed to implementing Utopia - regardless of the human cost - as their establishment counterparts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-207) and index.