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Foreshadowed
Malevich’s Black Square and Its Precursors
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This book is ideal for readers interested in arts and culture, especially those fascinated by modern art history, philosophy of art, and the cultural contexts behind groundbreaking artworks. It will appeal to scholars, art students, and anyone curious about the intriguing backstory of Malevich's Black Square.
An exploration of Kasimir Malevich's Black Square and its precursors.
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When Kasimir Malevich's Black Square was produced in 1915, no-one had ever seen anything like it before. And yet it does have precedents. In fact, over the previous 500 years, several painters, writers, philosophers, scientists and censors—each working independently towards an absolute statement of their own—alighted on the form of the black square or rectangle, as if for the first time.
Foreshadowed explores the resonances between Malevich's Black Square and its precursors, showing how a 'genealogical' thread binds them together into an intriguing, and sometimes quirky, sequence of modulations. Andrew Spira's book examines how each predecessor both 'foreshadows' Malevich's work and, paradoxically, throws light on it, revealing layers of meaning that are often overlooked but which are as relevant today as ever.
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Critics praise Foreshadowed as a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of Malevich's Black Square. The Times Literary Supplement acknowledges Spira's detailed tracing of cultural, philosophical, and iconographic influences leading to the painting, noting some surprising yet convincing connections. Natalia Murray, associate lecturer and senior curator at the Courtauld Institute of Art, highlights the book's success in providing new observations and a fascinating narrative that deepens understanding of this twentieth-century masterpiece.
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ISBN: 9781789145359
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 11 April 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Illustration: 77 illustrations, 70 in colour
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 144
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About the Author
Andrew Spira is an independent art historian and the author of several books, including The Avant-Garde Icon: Russian Avant-Garde Art and the Icon Painting Tradition (2008).
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