{"product_id":"black-square-aleksandra-shatskikh-9780300140897","title":"Black Square: Malevich and the Origin of Suprematism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth exploration of Malevich's pivotal painting, its context and its significance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kazimir Malevich's painting \u003ci\u003eBlack Square\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the twentieth century's emblematic paintings, the visual manifestation of a new period in world artistic culture at its inception. None of Malevich's contemporary revolutionaries created a manifesto, an emblem, as capacious and in its own way unique as this work; it became both the quintessence of the Russian avant-gardist's own art--which he called Suprematism--and a milestone on the highway of world art. Writing about this single painting, Aleksandra Shatskikh sheds new light on Malevich, the Suprematist movement, and the Russian avant-garde.\u003cp\u003eMalevich devoted his entire life to explicating \u003ci\u003eBlack Square'\u003c\/i\u003es meanings. This process engendered a great legacy: the original abstract movement in painting and its theoretical grounding; philosophical treatises; architectural models; new art pedagogy; innovative approaches to theater, music, and poetry; and the creation of a new visual environment through the introduction of decorative applied designs. All of this together spoke to the tremendous potential for innovative shape and thought formation concentrated in \u003ci\u003eBlack Square\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo this day, many circumstances and events of the origins of Suprematism have remained obscure and have sprouted arbitrary interpretations and fictions. Close study of archival materials and testimonies of contemporaries synchronous to the events described has allowed this author to establish the true genesis of Suprematism and its principal painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleksandra Shatskikh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300140894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300140897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.79h x 6.40w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2014 pg. 18","brand":"Aleksandra Shatskikh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981540163839,"sku":"9780300140897","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91ef0958-c916-4a05-b24d-1a4f8c2afa89.jpg?v=1683256173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-square-aleksandra-shatskikh-9780300140897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}