The Conflict between Ernő Kállai and László Moholy-Nagy
The Conflict between Ernő Kállai and László Moholy-Nagy
Author(s): Éva ForgácsSubject(s): Cultural history, Visual Arts, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Sociology of the arts, business, education, Cultural Essay
Published by: Budapesti Könyvszemle Alapítvány
Summary/Abstract: Is unchangeability really the touchstone of integrity? we ask, picking our way among the remains of defunct futuramas, whether aggressive or friendly. Consider the requirement of absolute, across the- board consistency, the yardstick that the implacable Constructivist Lajos Kassák insisted was the measure of twentieth-century art. Was it necessary to equate the aesthetic with the moral, see as authentically aesthetic only what was perceived as morally right?
Journal: Books - Budapest Review of Books - English Edition
- Issue Year: 5/1995
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 139-142
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
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