TY - BOOK ID - 101238891 TI - Constructivism in Central Europe : Painting, Typography, Photomontage PY - 2022 SN - 9789004505551 9004505555 9789004506374 9004506373 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill DB - UniCat KW - Constructivism (Art) KW - Constructivisme (Art) KW - Central Europe. KW - Art, Modern KW - Concrete art KW - Painting, Abstract UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101238891 AB - The book is a comparative study of the constructivist avant-garde artists in Central Europe, the Hungarian MA group in exile in Vienna, the Blok group in Warsaw, and the Czech DeveĢtsil association of artists in Prague. The author examines the similarities and significant differences among them. Contrary to often-repeated theses, the study reveals that the artists unremittingly sought new formulations for an initial set of formal and theoretical issues. It also demonstrates that they persistently believed that their works of art prefigured a future socialist society. The long-awaited socialist states that came into being after World War II betrayed the artists. ER -