Revitalizing the Body in Soviet Art and Architecture
Aglaya Glebova, Professor
Art History
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2024.
This book project examines the idea of the exhausted body and the need for its revitalization in Soviet art and thinking of the 1920s and 1930s. How was the body damaged by war, overwork, trauma, and material scarcity to be revitalized? How was it to be represented? Could art help rejuvenate the body? I set out to answer this question by looking at a wide variety of artistic and cultural production—sculpture, urban planning, sanatorium architecture, and more—as it intersected with Soviet thinking about medicine, health, and the body politic.
Qualifications: The research apprentice will research one of the case studies for this book based on apprentice's interests. The apprentice should enjoy bibliographic and archival research, and have a strong interest in history of medicine/public health and/or art history. Knowledge of Russian helpful but not required.
Hours: 3-5 hrs
Arts & Humanities