Iskusstvo Publishing House

Iskusstvo (Russian: Искусство, romanized: Iskusstvo, English: "art") was a major state publishing house in the Soviet Union. Headquartered in Moscow, it published books on art history and aesthetics, history and theory of fine arts and architecture, theater and drama, cinema and photography, television and radio broadcasting, collections for amateur performances, plays, film scripts, as well as art albums. It was established in 1938 by merging two publishers, Изогиз (Izogiz [ru]) and Искусство.[1]

In the Russian Federation it has been reorganized into a state-owned unitary enterprise under the same name (official name: Государственное унитарное предприятие "Издательство "Искусство") controlled by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media.[2]

Book series

  • «История эстетики в памятниках и документах» (History of Aesthetics in Monuments and Documents)[3]
  • «Человек. События. Время» (Human. Events. Time)[4]
  • «Жизнь в искусстве» (Life in Art)[5][6]
  • «Шедевры советского кино» (Masterpieces of Soviet Cinema)[7]
  • «Мастера советского искусства» (Masters of Soviet Art)[8]
  • «Памятники искусства Советского Союза» (Monuments of Art of the Soviet Union) - jointly published with Edition Leipzig, German Democratic Republic[9]
  • «Библиотека киномеханика» (The Projectionist's Library)[10]
  • «Мир художника» (The World of the Artist)[11]

References

  1. ^ «Искусство» (издательство), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. ^ ПЕРЕЧЕНЬ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ, переданных в ведение Министерства Российской Федерации по делам печати, телерадиовещания и средств массовых коммуникаций
  3. ^ se:Istorii︠a︡ ėstetiki v pami︠a︡tnikakh i dokumentakh, worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ^ se:Chelovek, sobytiia, vremia, worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ^ «Жизнь в искусстве» (Серия издательства «Искусство»), publ.lib.ru. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ Henri Perruchot, Pol' Gogen, archive.org. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. ^ se:Šedevry Sovetskogo Kino, worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ se:Mastera sovetskogo iskusstva, worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  9. ^ se:Pamjatniki iskusstva Sovetskogo Sojuza, worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  10. ^ se:Biblioteka kinomekhanika, worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  11. ^ se:Mir khudozhnika, worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  • Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House), Leningrad at posterplakat.com
  • Iskusstvo Kino Digital Archive at eastview.com