Main entry:

Kalashnikov, Antony, 1991- author.

Title & Author:

Monuments for posterity : self-commemoration and the Stalinist culture of time / Antony Kalashnikov.

Publication:

Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2023.

Description:

x, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-196) and index.
Introduction: Beyond totalitarian monuments -- Stalinist monuments in context -- Historicist aesthetics : developing an enduring architecture -- Synthetic composition : anticipating posterity's gaze -- The (un)contested politics of Stalinist monument building -- The cultural foundations of Stalinist monument building -- Self-commemoration and the interwar culture of time -- Epilogue: Posterity's monuments.

Summary:

"This book examines Stalinist sculptural and architectural monuments, which were tasked with 'immortalizing the memory' of the era, for the edification of future generations. The book analyzes how this objective affected monument design and what factors prompted the popular yearning to be remembered-both in the Soviet Union and beyond its borders."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781501768637 (hardcover)
1501768638 (hardcover)
(pdf)
9781501768651
(epub)
9781501768644
1501774271 paperback
9781501774270 paperback

Subject:

Memorialization Social aspects Russia (Federation)
Monuments Social aspects Russia (Federation)
Socialist realism in art.
Socialist realism and architecture.
Commémorations Aspect social Russie.
Monuments Aspect social Russie.
Réalisme socialiste dans l'art.
Réalisme socialiste et architecture.
Soviet Union History 1925-1953.
URSS Histoire 1925-1953.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319496
Call No.: 319496
Copy: 1
Status: Available