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xv, 288 p. col. ill. ; 26 cm. "When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In a series of eight essays, Brandon Taylor examines the origins of these principles and their extraordinary consequences for the rest of modern art. Even before Constructivism, structure was a vital ingredient in Cubist art. After it, ideas about faktura or the "madeness" of an art object and about its rational organization became stock in trade for De Stijl in Holland and Art Concret in France and bore decisively on other currents such as Surrealism and abstract art. After 1945, artistic movements including Systems, Kinetic and Minimal Art were all touched by the long reach of Constructivist ideals. Recent art has proved no exception. Taylor shows that casual attitudes to materials, even the collapse of Constructivist ideals, have helped form the artistic tenor of our times" -- Contents : IX -- 1 Cubist Things 1 -- Towards a Constructive Ideal 31 -- The Lure of Geometry 63 -- Lyrical Constructivism: A Local Tradition 95 -- Time and the Viewer 127 -- Irregular Curves: Science and The Organic 163 -- Fabricators: The Supremacy of Technique 197 -- Constructivism Now 221 -- Notes 246 -- Index -- Illustration Credits 289 -- Brandon Taylor. Index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-274) and index. Constructivism Art Art, Modern ART / History / Contemporary (1945-) Art/ Criticism & Theory Art, Modern 20th century N6494.C64 T36 2014 709.04/057 9780300195774 2013042756 pucpr 150724 20260714134225.0 eng