{"product_id":"theory-of-seeing-by-wladyslaw-strzeminski-9781517920814","title":"Theory of Seeing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first English translation of a radical and influential theory of art by a leader of Poland's avant-garde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter World War II, socialist realism became the official state doctrine of art in Poland, with abstract works deemed counterrevolutionary and forbidden from public view. Wladyslaw Strzeminski, a leader of the Polish constructivist avant-garde, developed a treatise of visual consciousness as a foundation for progressive art, emphasizing art's autonomy. His application of Marxist aesthetics to the physiology of seeing is expressed in \u003cem\u003eTheory of Seeing\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published posthumously in 1958 by his students from notes collected from his lectures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePreceding the comparable perspectives developed by Jacques Rancière, David Hockney, and John Berger, and even the cinema of Jean-Luc Godard, Strzeminski's \u003cem\u003eTheory of Seeing\u003c\/em\u003e introduces the radical and groundbreaking ideas of one of Poland's most important artists to English-speaking audiences for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433000943852,"sku":"9781517920814","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517920814.jpg?v=1774765847","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/theory-of-seeing-by-wladyslaw-strzeminski-9781517920814","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}