Chaos by design: The constructivist stage and its reception

The underlying theme of this dissertation is that the formation of and response to Russian constructivist stage design is motivated by a dynamic relationship between order and disorder, in social and artistic terms. Therefore, I begin with a discussion of what order meant, to society and to artists, in the period leading up to and just after the 1917 revolution, and in particular, in terms of goals for the future. I then establish the fact that artists saw themselves as the harbingers or creators of a new order, a role predicated on a belief in the democratization of art.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Barris, Roann

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fineberg, Jonathan

• Art History
• Theater
• Architecture

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Barris, Roann

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512295
(UMI)AAI9512295

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22667