Vitebsk

Vitebsk
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 436
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0300101082
ISBN-13 : 9780300101089
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Vitebsk by : Aleksandra Semenovna Shatskikh

This book examines the artistic life of Vitebsk during the years 1917-1922, when a great burst of creative experimentation transformed the modest Russian town into one of the most influential gateways to the art of the twentieth century. Spurred by native son Marc Chagall, who returned home after the October Revolution in 1917 to take the position of art commissioner, Vitebsk rose to a pinnacle of fame as an artistic laboratory for the avant-garde. It was here that such luminaries as El Lissitzky, Yuri Pen, Kazimir Malevich, Nikolai Suetin, Mikhail Bakhtin, and others worked, inspired one another, and made distinctive contributions to modernism. Art historian Aleksandra Shatskikh surveys the entire 'Vitebsk phenomenon', drawing on an array of archives in Russia and Amsterdam, many of which have never been open to Western scholars. She discusses Chagall's Academy of Art and its major teachers and students; the founding of the artists' group, UNOVIS; Malevich's architectural experiments; Bakhtin's circle; and important developments in theater and music in Vitebsk. With more than two hundred outstanding illustrations, the book brings Vitebsk to life at a fascinating and transformative moment in art history.

Vitebsk

Vitebsk
Author :
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 217
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781612005492
ISBN-13 : 1612005497
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Vitebsk by : Otto Heidkämper

A highly decorated Wehrmacht general gives “an incisive and accurate account” of a pivotal Eastern Front battle during World War II (Army Rumour Service). The city of Vitebsk in Belarus was of strategic importance during the fighting on the Eastern Front, as it controlled the route to Minsk. A salient in the German lines, Vitebsk had been declared a Festerplatz—a fortress town—meaning that it must be held at all costs. A task handed to 3rd Panzer Army in 1943. Otto Heidkämper was chief of staff of Georg-Hans Reinhardt’s 3rd Panzer Army, Army Group Center, which was stationed around Vitebsk and Smolensk from early 1942 until June 1944. His detailed account of the defense of Vitebsk through the winter of 1943 into 1944, right up to the Soviet summer offensive, is a valuable firsthand account of how the operations around Vitebsk played out. Twenty maps accompany the narrative. During this time, 3rd Panzer Army undertook numerous military operations to defend the area against the Soviets; they also engaged in anti-partisan operations in the area, deporting civilians accused of supporting partisans, and destroying property. Finally, in June 1944, the Soviets amassed four armies to take Vitebsk, which was then held by 38,000 men of 53rd Corps. Within three days, Vitebsk was encircled, with 53rd Corps trapped inside. Attempts to break the encirclement failed, and resistance in the pocket broke down over the next few days. On June 27, the final destruction of German resistance in Vitebsk was completed. Twenty thousand Germans were dead and another 10,000 had been captured.

Vitebsk

Vitebsk
Author :
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 282
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781449033460
ISBN-13 : 1449033466
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Vitebsk by : Lillian Kayte

The complete travel guide for Vitebsk

The complete travel guide for Vitebsk
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Publisher : YouGuide Ltd
Total Pages : 123
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781837043415
ISBN-13 : 1837043418
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The complete travel guide for Vitebsk by :

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Marc Chagall - Vitebsk -París -New York

Marc Chagall - Vitebsk -París -New York
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Publisher : Parkstone International
Total Pages : 358
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781644618219
ISBN-13 : 1644618214
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Marc Chagall - Vitebsk -París -New York by : Mikhail Guerman

Chagall loved blue. “The blue of the sky which ceaselessly combats the clouds which pass, which pass…” (Baudelaire). Marc Chagall’s journey began in his native Russia and concluded with his Parisian triumph, the extraordinary ceiling of the Paris Opera House, commissioned by André Malraux. On the way, he embraced the spirit of the twentieth century without ever disowning his Jewish-Russian origins. This work follows the path of the artist through his early works, his discovery of the United States and his passion for France. Marc Chagall, unaffiliated with any movement but influenced by his encounters with Bakst, Matisse and Picasso, remains, undeniably, the painter of poetry.

Situating El Lissitzky

Situating El Lissitzky
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Publisher : Getty Publications
Total Pages : 292
Release :
ISBN-10 : 089236677X
ISBN-13 : 9780892366774
Rating : 4/5 (7X Downloads)

Synopsis Situating El Lissitzky by : Nancy Perloff

Reassessing the complex career of one of the most influential yet controversial experimental artists of the early 20th century, this volume of essays looks at the prolific painter, designer, architect and photographer, El Lissitzky (1890-1941).

Vitebsk/Harar

Vitebsk/Harar
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 76
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822035564541
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Vitebsk/Harar by : Enzo Cucchi

The Rye Baker: Classic Breads from Europe and America

The Rye Baker: Classic Breads from Europe and America
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 521
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780393245226
ISBN-13 : 0393245225
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis The Rye Baker: Classic Breads from Europe and America by : Stanley Ginsberg

“A must-have for all serious bread bakers; an instant classic.”—Peter Reinhart, author of Bread Revolution True rye bread—the kind that stands at the center of northern and eastern European food culture—is something very special. With over 70 classic recipes, The Rye Baker introduces bakers to the rich world of rye bread from both the old world and the new. Award-winning author Stanley Ginsberg presents recipes spanning from the immigrant breads of America to rustic French pains de seigle, the earthy ryes of Alpine Austria and upper Italy, the crackly knäckebröds of Scandinavia, and the diverse breads of Germany, the Baltic countries, Poland, and Russia. Readers will discover dark, sour classic Russian Borodinsky; orange and molasses-infused Swedish Gotländ Rye; nearly black Westphalian Pumpernickel, which gets its musky sweetness from a 24-hour bake; traditional Old Milwaukee Rye; and bright, caraway-infused Austrian Country Boule Rounding out this treasury are reader-friendly chapters on rye’s history, unique chemistry, and centuries-old baking methods. Advanced bakers will relish Stanley’s methods, ingredients, and carefully sourced recipes, while beginning bakers will delight in his clear descriptions of baking fundamentals. The Rye Baker is the definitive resource for home bakers and professionals alike.

Poles, Jews, and the Politics of Nationality

Poles, Jews, and the Politics of Nationality
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 379
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780299194635
ISBN-13 : 0299194639
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Poles, Jews, and the Politics of Nationality by : Joshua D. Zimmerman

The Jewish experience on Polish lands is often viewed backwards through the lens of the Holocaust and the ethnic rivalries that escalated in the period between the two world wars. Critical to the history of Polish-Jewish relations, however, is the period prior to World War I when the emergence of mass electoral politics in Czarist Russia led to the consolidation of modern political parties. Using sources published in Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew, and Russian, Joshua D. Zimmerman has compiled a full-length English-language study of the relations between the two dominant progressive movements in Russian Poland. He examines the Polish Socialist Party (PPS), which sought social emancipation and equal civil rights for minority nationalities, including Jews, under a democratic Polish republic, and the Jewish Labor Bund, which declared that Jews were a nation distinct from Poles and Russians and advocated cultural autonomy. By 1905, the PPS abandoned its call for Jewish assimilation, and recognized Jews as a separate nationality. Zimmerman demonstrates persuasively that Polish history in Czarist Russia cannot be fully understood without studying the Jewish influence and that Jewish history was equally infused with the Polish influence.