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Aleksandr Zhitomirsky : photomontage as a weapon of World War II and the Cold War

Title: Aleksandr Zhitomirsky : photomontage as a weapon of World War II and the Cold War / Erika Wolf.
Author: Wolf, Erika, 1963-
Publication: Chicago, Illinois : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2016]

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Additional Authors

Zhitomirskiĭ, Aleksandr, 1907-1993.

Description

368 pages; 32 cm

Summary

"The leading Russian propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky (1907-1993) made photomontages that were airdropped on German troops during World War II. He later worked for Pravda and other leading publications, satirizing American politics and finance from the Truman through the Reagan eras and educating his public about Egypt, South Africa, Vietnam, and Nicaragua as well. Zhitomirsky favored the grotesque and the eye-catching. His villainous menagerie included Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels as a distorted simian and an airborne scorpion outfitted with an Uncle Sam hat. In this comprehensive, image-driven account of Zhitomirsky's long career, Erika Wolf explores his connections to and long friendship with the German artist John Heartfield, whose work inspired his own. Wolf also examines more than 100 of Zhitomirsky's photomontages and translates excerpts from his one published book, The Art of Political Photomontage: Advice for the Artist (1983). In an era when satirical photomontage thrives on the Internet and propaganda has reasserted itself in America and Russia alike, this study of a once-prominent yet internationally undiscovered artist is more than timely"--

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.

Contents

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface / Vladimir Zhitomirsky -- Introduction : photomontage as weapon -- Mastering his craft : education and early professional work -- Propaganda bombing : World War II photomontages -- "Down with the warmongers!" : early Cold War photomontages -- In struggle united : John Heartfield, Aleksandr Zhitomirsky, and socialist political photomontage after the 1930s -- Drawing as the foundation of Zhitomirsky's photomontage -- Plates -- The art of political photomontage : advice for the artist / Aleksandr Zhitomirsky -- Chronology and exhibition history -- Bibliography -- Selected acronyms and organizations -- Index -- Photography credits.

Call Number

JQG 17-935

ISBN

9780300219180
0300219180

LCCN

2016025237

OCLC

946481696

Author

Wolf, Erika, 1963- author.

Title

Aleksandr Zhitomirsky : photomontage as a weapon of World War II and the Cold War / Erika Wolf.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.

Added Author

Zhitomirskiĭ, Aleksandr, 1907-1993. Iskusstvo politicheskogo fotomontazha. Selections. English.

Research Call Number

JQG 17-935

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