Art periodical culture in late imperial Russia (1898-1917)
Subtitle: print modernism in transition
By: by Hanna Chuchvaha
Series: Library of the written word -- volume 44; Industrial world -- volume 5; Library of the written word -- 44.; Library of the written word -- v. 5.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789004269262; 9789004301405
Subjects: Modernism (Art); Art; Reproduction; Illustrated periodicals; Mir iskusstva; Zolotoe runo; Apollon (Saint Petersburg, Russia); Periodicals; History
Description: Art Periodical Culture in Late Imperial Russia (1898-1917). Print Modernism in Transition offers a detailed exploration of the major Modernist art periodicals in late imperial Russia, the World of Art (Mir Iskusstva, 1899-1904), The Golden Fleece (Zolotoe runo, 1906-1909) and Apollo (Apollon, 1909-1917). By exploring the role of art reproduction in the nineteenth century and the emergence of these innovative art journals in the turn of the century, Hanna Chuchvaha proves that these Modernist periodicals advanced the Russian graphic arts and reinforced the development of reproduction technologies and the art of printing. Offering a detailed examination of the inaugural issues, which included editorial positions expressed in words and images, Hanna Chuchvaha analyses the periodicals' ideologies and explores journals as art objects appearing in their unique socio-historical context in imperial Russia.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The materiality of the book and Gerard Genette's thresholds ; Word-image intermediality ; Art journals in the cultural context and structure of the book; title: When Russia learned to reproduce art. Early Russian periodical design ; The popular illustrated press in the nineteenth century ; Art periodicals in imperial Russia ; The "age of mechanical reproduction" in Russia: reproduction techniques in historical perspective ; The periodical personalised: cover pages and binding ; The periodical press and censorship; title: World of Art and the origins of the print revival in late imperial Russia. The World of Art in scholarship ; Emergence of the World of Art in the cultural-historical context ; The art periodical press before the World of Art: art and art industry ; Abramtsevo and Talashkino, the arts and crafts movement ; The modern style ; The "circle" of art-lovers and the emergence of the World of Art ; Vladimir Stasov vs. Sergei Diaghilev ; Editorial board: Sergei Diaghilev vs. Alexandre Benois and other participants of the World of Art ; The patrons of the World of Art and the journal's closure ; The editorial mission statement ; The World of Art and its paratextual qualities: materiality and the visual in the context of the editorial mission statement and other texts ; A European type journal ; The title and logo.