{"product_id":"9781517920807-theory-of-seeing","title":"Theory of Seeing","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of a radical and influential theory of art by a leader of Poland’s avant-garde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After World War II, socialist realism became the official state doctrine of art in Poland, with abstract works deemed counterrevolutionary and forbidden from public view. Władysław Strzemiński, 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 \u003ci\u003eTheory of Seeing, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was published posthumously in 1958 by his students from notes collected from his lectures. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Preceding the comparable perspectives developed by Jacques RanciÈre, David Hockney, and John Berger, and even the cinema of Jean-Luc Godard, Strzemiński’s \u003ci\u003eTheory of Seeing\u003c\/i\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56581632262518,"sku":"9781517920807","price":126.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37711421_b2d7b361-4b34-4d3f-b007-5b3e0d2c14fb.jpg?v=1762421351","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781517920807-theory-of-seeing","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}