Foreshadowed – Malevich's Black Square and Its Precursors : Malevich’s Black Square and Its Precursors
by
Andrew Spira
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
178914535X
ISBN-13
9781789145359
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Imprint
Reaktion Books
Country of Manufacture
IN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 11th, 2022
Print length
144 Pages
Weight
500 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 21.40 x 1.90 cms
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An exploration of Kasimir Malevich’s Black Square and its precursors.
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 five hundred 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. This book 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 discovers 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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