Centaur : the life and art of Ernst Neizvestny
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Centaur : the life and art of Ernst Neizvestny
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2002
- : cloth
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Bibliography: p. 315-336
Includes index.
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Description
Preserving art, freedom, and human dignity in the age of the totalitarian state was one of the great challenges of the twentieth century. In Centaur, Slavic scholar Albert Leong chronicles the life and work of the greatest living Russian sculptor and philosopher of art. Based on extensive research in the formerly closed Soviet archives, exclusive interviews with Neizvestny, his family, and friends, Centaur tells the amazing story of a visionary artist and World War II commando officer who narrowly escaped death on the battlefield, successfully defied Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and the KGB to create acclaimed works of monumental art. Forced into exile to the West in 1976, Ernst Neizvestny returned in triumph to the Soviet Union in 1989 to design the first monuments in Russia to the countless victims of Stalinist political repression. Supplemented by 75 photographs, Centaur will engross specialists and general readers interested in biography, cultural history, art, architecture, politics, and Russian/Soviet studies. Visit the Ernst Neizvestny Studio Web site.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Odyssey of a Russian Artist Chapter 2 Roots of a Russian Centaur Chapter 3 The Formation of an Artist in the Soviet Union Chapter 4 The Artist in War Chapter 5 Riga Chapter 6 Moscow Chapter 7 The Challenger Chapter 8 Art Intrigues Chapter 9 Confrontation with Khrushchev Chapter 10 The Years of Disfavor Chapter 11 Ernst Neizvestny, Monumentalist Chapter 12 Road to Emigration Chapter 13 Exile Chapter 14 Return to Russia Chapter 15 The Gulag Triangle Chapter 16 Mask of Mourning Chapter 17 Shelter Found
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