{"product_id":"9781517920814","title":"Theory of Seeing","description":"Author: Wladyslaw Strzeminski\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781517920814\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 312\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of a radical and influential theory of art by a leader of Poland's avant-garde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After World War II, socialist realism became the official state doctrine of art in Poland, with abstract works deemed counterrevolutionary and forbidden from public view. Wadysaw Strzemiski, a leader of the Polish constructivist avant-garde, developed a treatise of visual consciousness as a foundation for progressive art, emphasizing art's autonomy. His application of Marxist aesthetics to the physiology of seeing is expressed in \u003ci\u003eTheory of Seeing, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was published posthumously in 1958 by his students from notes collected from his lectures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Preceding the comparable perspectives developed by Jacques Ranciere, David Hockney, and John Berger, and even the cinema of Jean-Luc Godard, Strzemiski's \u003ci\u003eTheory of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the radical and groundbreaking ideas of one of Poland's most important artists to English-speaking audiences for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46680735645854,"sku":"ADS-9781517920814","price":89.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781517920814.jpg?v=1775544641","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781517920814","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}