Books Received

STREET ART OF THE REVOLUTION: FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS IN RUSSIA, 1918-33 Vladimir Tolstoy, Irina Bibikova and Catherine Cooke, eds. Thames and Hudson, London, U.K., 1990. 240 pp., illus. Trade, £30.00. ISBN: 0-50023562 -7. Reviewed byJohn W Cooper, sub-editor, Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford 0X3 OB~ U.K Aesthetics A Tmnsformational Theory ofAesthetics Michael Stephan. Routledge, New York, NY,U.S.A., 1990. 233 pp., illus. Trade, $35.00. ISBN:0-414-04196-1. Art Criticism/History Charles-Louis Clirisseau and the Genesis ofNeo-Classicism Thomas McCormick. MIT Press, Cambridge , MA, U.S.A., 1991. 272 pp., illus. Trade, $35.00. ISBN: 0-262-13262-1. Although the 'party line' is not obtrusive , it is well to be aware that this is a translation of the 1984 Moscow edition and thus the writing is decidedly pre-glastnost. With this one reservation Street Art ofthe Revolution is a splendid evocation of the tremendous excitement and creative energy of the 15 years following the 1917 Revolution . The great beauty of many of the sites of revolutionary events encouraged artists to use them as 'architectural backcloths' to their creations, displayed for all to see and from BOOKS RECEIVED Dipinti e Sculture in Casa Martelli Alessandra Civai. Opus Libri, Firenze, Italy, 1990.209 pp., illus. (no price, no ISBN) Gio Ponti: The Complete Work, 1923-1978 Lisa Licitra Ponti. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1990.300 pp., iIlus. Trade, $65.00. ISBN: 0-262-16118-4. James Turrell: The Art ofLight and space Craig Adcock. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A., 1991. 296 pp., illus. Trade, $75.00. COMPACT DISCS RECEIVED Digital Music Emanuel Dimas De Melo Pimenta. Mode, P. O. Box 375, Kew Gardens, NY 11415, U.S.A.,1990. Musiche per Poche Parti, 1989 Etifonica Series Goffredo Haus. Virgin Dischi, Via Belluno 4,20132 Milano, Italy. which all could learn-state propaganda being never far away. A decisive epoch is well captured. Painting as Model Yve-AlainBois. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1991. 327 pp., iIlus. ISBN: 0-26202306 -7. Ulm Design: The Morality ofObjects Herbert Lindinger, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge , MA, U.S.A., 1991. 288 pp., illus. Trade, $45.00. ISBN: 0-262-12147-6. Color Dimensional Color Lois Swirnoff. Design Science Collection, Arthur L. Loeb, ed. Birkhauser, Boston, MA, U.S.A., 1989. Current Literature 495 PERIODICALS 3D As an electronic discussion board, 3D seeks to examine stereo photography and includes all techniques where images are combined to add the third dimension of depth. Some areas for discussion are traditional dual-image stereoscopy, auto-stereo photography, stereo camcorders and videogames. The board is moderated by Tom Neff. To join the discussion board you must have access to electronic networks . For further information and to be added to the mailing list, send email to: 496 Current Literature rr, Publications Formations Published three times a year, Formations seeks to shape and give form to modern thought by publishing American literature and art along with their European counterparts. The journal publishes both traditional, experimental and politicaIly banned writing. Essays on American and European performance art have appeared along with essays on the 'sting' of history by Jan Kott, the culture of the 1960s by Herbert Blau, postmodernist poetics by Marjorie Perloff and the physiology of art by Ewa Kuryluk. Volume 2 covered human rights conditions for writers and artists worldwide. The journal may be obtained from: Formations , P. O. Box 327, Wilmette, IL 60091, U.S.A., for $15 (individuals) or $30 (institutions), and an additional postage charge for non-U.S. subscribers. El Djarida aka AftAttack A new tabloid produced by a group of artists in Norway, El Djarida aka Aft Attack, is a publication focusing on the avantgarde in Scandinavian sculpture , painting and graphics. Starting with the third issue, there are English translations. For more information write to: Idiotpress, Box 4536 Kalvskinnet , 7001, Trondheim, Norway. ...