Art for the workers explores the mythology and reality of post-revolutionary proletarian art in Russia as well as its expression in the festive decorations of Petrograd between 1917 and 1920. It covers this brief period chronologically, and so permits a close inspection of the d…
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Roots of Proletarian Culture -- Festivals and Proletarian Art under the Tsars and the Provisional Government -- Narkompros versus Proletkult: Festivals and Proletarian Art after the Bolshevik Revolution -- The Victory of Figuration over Fu…
Art for the workers explores the mythology and reality of post-revolutionary proletarian art in Russia as well as its expression in the festive decorations of Petrograd between 1917 and 1920. It covers this brief period chronologically, and so permits a close inspection of the d…