Architecture of the Stalin Era
by Tarkhanov, Alexi and Kavtaradze, Sergei
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0847814734
- ISBN 13
- 9780847814732
- Seller
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About This Item
New York : Rizzoli, 1992. First USA Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. A4 Landscape. Binding is tight but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing A collection of contemporary drawings, plans, and paintings that depict Soviet architecture of the 1920s through the 1950s, much of it until relatively recently remained unseen in Soviet archives, The authors discuss architecture of the Stalinist period, architecture which had a visionary quality and epic scale. The authors also discuss the history of the enormous architectural comppetitions which proved such crucial tools in the propagandistic mass culture of the era. Colour photos, b & w photos, colour and B & W illustrations
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53459
- Title
- Architecture of the Stalin Era
- Author
- Tarkhanov, Alexi and Kavtaradze, Sergei
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First USA Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0847814734
- ISBN 13
- 9780847814732
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 192
- Keywords
- Architecture Russia, architecture,
- X weight
- 1300.000 kg
- Size
- A4 Landscape
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