Realism and the Shadow of the Avant-Garde

Jean-Louis Cohen, Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

The concluding lecture of a three-part series explores the rapid industrialization and liquidation by Stalin of all forms of political opposition after 1930, as well as new aesthetic strategies forced upon writers, filmmakers, architects, and artists, which spurred new innovation, as in the case of Alexander Deineka.

Photo of Jean-Louis Cohen by Gitty Darugar