Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
The article investigates the theory of non-figurative painting developed by Mikhail Larionov (Rayonism) and its connection to parascientific theories of the early twentieth century. One of the central scientific and parascientific mythologies of the time regarded the shift in the understanding of...
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The article investigates the theory of non-figurative painting developed by Mikhail Larionov (Rayonism) and its connection to parascientific theories of the early twentieth century. One of the central scientific and parascientific mythologies of the time regarded the shift in the understanding of the idea of matter. The notion of ‘radiant matter’ had a prominent place in these mythologies. The article analyses a range of frameworks, within which the idea of ‘radiant matter’ was interpreted (from a scientific research of different phenomena provoked by invisible waves to spiritualist and occultist experiments). The iconography of these waves and the theories of the dissociation of matter represent an essential input to understand how abstract art emerged in early-twentieth-century Russian painting.
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| spelling | doaj.art-229cc11524bc4dc7ac4a1440c79b77d62023-10-30T08:18:27ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariVenezia Arti2385-27202020-12-0129110.30687/VA/2385-2720/2020/01/007journal_article_3379Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth CenturyBobrinskaya, Ekaterina0State Institute for Art Studies, Moscow, Russia The article investigates the theory of non-figurative painting developed by Mikhail Larionov (Rayonism) and its connection to parascientific theories of the early twentieth century. One of the central scientific and parascientific mythologies of the time regarded the shift in the understanding of the idea of matter. The notion of ‘radiant matter’ had a prominent place in these mythologies. The article analyses a range of frameworks, within which the idea of ‘radiant matter’ was interpreted (from a scientific research of different phenomena provoked by invisible waves to spiritualist and occultist experiments). The iconography of these waves and the theories of the dissociation of matter represent an essential input to understand how abstract art emerged in early-twentieth-century Russian painting. http://doi.org/10.30687/VA/2385-2720/2020/01/007Abstraction. Mikhail Larionov. Rayonism. Russian Avant-garde |
| spellingShingle | Bobrinskaya, Ekaterina Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Venezia Arti Abstraction. Mikhail Larionov. Rayonism. Russian Avant-garde |
| title | Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century |
| title_full | Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century |
| title_fullStr | Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century |
| title_short | Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century |
| title_sort | mikhail larionov s rayonism and the scientific mythologies of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century |
| topic | Abstraction. Mikhail Larionov. Rayonism. Russian Avant-garde |
| url | http://doi.org/10.30687/VA/2385-2720/2020/01/007 |
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