{"product_id":"theory-of-seeing-wladyslaw-strzeminski-9781517920807","title":"Theory of Seeing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of a radical and influential theory of art by a leader of Poland's avant-garde\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After World War II, socialist realism became the official state doctrine of art in Poland, with abstract works deemed counterrevolutionary and forbidden from public view. Wladyslaw Strzemiński, a leader of the Polish constructivist avant-garde, developed a treatise of visual consciousness as a foundation for progressive art, emphasizing art's autonomy. His application of Marxist aesthetics to the physiology of seeing is expressed in \u003ci\u003eTheory of Seeing, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was published posthumously in 1958 by his students from notes collected from his lectures. \u003cp\u003e Preceding the comparable perspectives developed by Jacques Rancière, David Hockney, and John Berger, and even the cinema of Jean-Luc Godard, Strzemiński's \u003ci\u003eTheory of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the radical and groundbreaking ideas of one of Poland's most important artists to English-speaking audiences for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wladyslaw Strzeminski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517920809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517920807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e E-Flux Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Wladyslaw Strzeminski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474099126527,"sku":"9781517920807","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d04c96eb-22d9-4471-a20b-3e4631c5cf50.jpg?v=1762314908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theory-of-seeing-wladyslaw-strzeminski-9781517920807","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}