The World Of Art And Diaghilev S Painters

Author : Vsevolod Petrov
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781644618813

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The World of Art and Diaghilev's Painters by Vsevolod Petrov Pdf

When, almost twenty years ago, we founded the World of Art, we had a burning desire to liberate Russian artistic activity from the tutelage of literature, to instil in the society around us a love of the very essence of art, and that was the aim we had when we took the field. We considered enemies all those “who fail to respect art as such”, those who either fasten wings to an old nag or harness Pegasus to the cart of “social ideals”, or reject the idea of Pegasus altogether. For that reason, we addressed ourselves to the artistic world with the slogan “Talents of all directions, unite!” And that is how in our ranks Vrubel immediately appeared alongside Levitan, Bakst alongside Serov, Somov alongside Maliavin. – Alexander Benois

Author : Vsevolod Petrov,Vsevolod Nikolaevich Petrov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art nouveau
ISBN : 1859953506

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Russian Art Nouveau by Vsevolod Petrov,Vsevolod Nikolaevich Petrov Pdf

The Art Nouveau movement in Russia was known under the name of The World of Art. This association grouped a remarkable collection of artist and poets at the end of the 19th century. Inspired by the poetic ideals of neo-Romanticism and Symbolism, they extended their influence into all forms of plastic and literary composition. Certain members of the group became world famous for book illustrations and theatrical decors. The illustrations include paintings, book illustrations, theatrical costumes and decors of such members as: Alexander Benois, Leon Bakst, Mstislav Dobujinsky, Boris Kustodiev, Evgeni Lanceray, Anna Ostrumova-Lebedeva, Konstantin Somov, Alexandre Golovin, Mikhail Vrubel, Valentin Serov Ivan Bilibin, Dimitri Mitrokin, Sergei Tchekonin and others.

Author : Herbert Read
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994-09-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500770634

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The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists (Expanded, Updated) by Herbert Read Pdf

"Excellent, concise . . . highly recommended." —Choice This extensively illustrated dictionary provides information on over 2,500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements throughout the world, including entries on contemporary art and artists, techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists.

Author : Serge Lifar
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446546949

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Serge Diaghilev by Serge Lifar Pdf

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Jeremy Howard
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : 0719041619

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Art Nouveau by Jeremy Howard Pdf

This critical survey of the Art Nouveau movement reveals the diversity of this style across the breadth of the European continent. With the inclusion of Eastern Europe and the full range of artistic media, the book shows how this movement changed the face of European art and design from Paris to Prague. Clearly structured by country, it traces the emergence of Art Nouveau, highlighting the particular interpretations of the style in each country. Countries covered include: Belgium; Spain; Britain; Austria; Hungary; and Russia. Each chapter contains sections on political and cultural contexts, specific visual characteristics and key artists and designers. It analyzes the contribution of both well-known artists and designers such as Gaudi; Van de Velde; Mackintosh; and Mucha, and brings to light many others whose contributions have been largely inaccessible. With a bibliography and glossary, this text should provide a useful introduction to this subject.

Author : Mikhail Zygar
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610398329

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The Empire Must Die by Mikhail Zygar Pdf

From Tolstoy to Lenin, from Diaghilev to Stalin, The Empire Must Die is a tragedy of operatic proportions with a cast of characters that ranges from the exotic to utterly villainous, the glamorous to the depraved. In 1912, Russia experienced a flowering of liberalism and tolerance that placed it at the forefront of the modern world: women were fighting for the right to vote in the elections for the newly empowered parliament, Russian art and culture was the envy of Europe and America, there was a vibrant free press and intellectual life. But a fatal flaw was left uncorrected: Russia's exuberant experimental moment took place atop a rotten foundation. The old imperial order, in place for three hundred years, still held the nation in thrall. Its princes, archdukes, and generals bled the country dry during the First World War and by 1917 the only consensus was that the Empire must die. Mikhail Zygar's dazzling, in-the-moment retelling of the two decades that prefigured the death of the Tsar, his family, and the entire imperial edifice is a captivating drama of what might have been versus what was subsequently seen as inevitable. A monumental piece of political theater that only Russia was capable of enacting, the fall of the Russian Empire changed the course of the twentieth century and eerily anticipated the mood of the twenty-first.

Author : Olav Hammer,Mikael Rothstein
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004235960

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Handbook of the Theosophical Current by Olav Hammer,Mikael Rothstein Pdf

This title represents pioneering research into an important but under-researched current. The three sections in the book are devoted to the Theosophical Society, Theosophically influenced religious currents, and the interaction between Theosophy and surrounding culture.

Author : Gerard de Vries,Donald Barton Johnson
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 9053567909

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Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Painting by Gerard de Vries,Donald Barton Johnson Pdf

Studie van de verwijzingen naar beeldende kunst in het werk van de Russisch-Amerikaanse schrijver (1899-1977).

Author : Ilia Dorontchenkov,N. A. Gur£iı̐aı̐Łnova
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520253728

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Russian and Soviet Views of Modern Western Art, 1890s to Mid-1930s by Ilia Dorontchenkov,N. A. Gur£iı̐aı̐Łnova Pdf

From the first Modernist exhibitions in the late 1890s to the Soviet rupture with the West in the mid-1930s, Russian artists and writers came into wide contact with modern European art and ideas. Introducing a wealth of little-known material set in an illuminating interpretive context, this sourcebook presents Russian and Soviet views of Western art during this critical period of cultural transformation. The writings document complex responses to these works and ideas before the Russians lost contact with them almost entirely. Many of these writings have been unavailable to foreign readers and, until recently, were not widely known even to Russian scholars. Both an important reference and a valuable resource for classrooms, the book includes an introductory essay and shorter introductions to the individual sections.

Author : Peter Leek
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781780429755

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Russian Painting by Peter Leek Pdf

From the 18th century to the 20th, this book gives a panorama of Russian painting not equalled anywhere else. Russian culture developed in contact with the wider European influence, but retained strong native intonations. It is a culture between East and West, and both influences in together. The book begins with Icons, and it is precisely Icon-painting which gave Russian artist their peculiar preoccupation with ethical questions and a certain kind of palette. It goes on the expound the duality of their art, and point out the originality of their contribution to world art. The illustrations cover all genres and styles of painting in astonishing variety. Such figures as Borovokovsky, Rokotov, Levitsky, Brullov, Fedatov, Repin, Shishkin and Levitan and many more are in these pages.

Author : Michel-Andre Bossy,Thomas Brothers,John Craig McEnroe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313017322

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Artists, Writers, and Musicians by Michel-Andre Bossy,Thomas Brothers,John Craig McEnroe Pdf

Disney's animated trailblazing, Dostoyevsky's philosophical neuroses, Hendrix's electric haze, Hitchcock's masterful manipulation, Frida Kahlo's scarifying portraits, Van Gogh's vigorous color, and Virginia Woolf's modern feminism: this multicultural reference tool examines 200 artists, writers, and musicians from around the world. Detailed biographical essays place them in a broad historical context, showing how their luminous achievements influenced and guided contemporary and future generations, shaped the internal and external perceptions of their craft, and met the sensibilities of their audience.

Author : Vicki Woolf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781135853075

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Dancing in the Vortex by Vicki Woolf Pdf

Paris at the turn of the century - Art Nouveau, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Folies Bergere. This was the atmosphere which nurtured the artistic development of the remarkable dancer and choreographer Ida Rubinstein.This long-awaited biography gives us a unique insight into the life of a remarkable woman, responsible for a fascinating chapter of our artistic heritage. She was a chameleon, a diva, who lived many lives, overcoming the anti-Semitism of her times to enchant and captivate the highest of societies. Untrained as a dancer, Ida Rubinstein's charisma attracted collaborators such as Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Cocteau, Bakst, and Benois.

Author : Charles Spencer,Philip Dyer,Martin Battersby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Ballet
ISBN : UOM:39015040212345

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The World of Serge Diaghilev by Charles Spencer,Philip Dyer,Martin Battersby Pdf

Author : Lynn Garafola,Nancy Van Norman Baer,Nancy Baer
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0300061765

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The Ballets Russes and Its World by Lynn Garafola,Nancy Van Norman Baer,Nancy Baer Pdf

The dance, art, music, and cultural worlds of the Ballets Russes--a dance company which helped define the avant-garde in the early part of this century--are surveyed in this book, which begins with Serge Diaghilev's influence. 200+ illustrations.

Author : Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0813526043

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Defining Russian Graphic Arts by Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Pdf

Defining Russian Graphic Arts explores the energy and innovation of Russian graphic arts during the period which began with the explosion of artistic creativity initiated by Serge Diaghilev at the end of the nineteenth century and which ended in the mid-1930s with Stalin's devastating control over the arts. This beautifully illustrated book represents the development of Russian graphic arts as a continuum during these forty years, and places Suprematism and Constructivism in the context of the other major, but lesser-known, manifestations of early twentieth-century Russian art. The book includes such diverse categories of graphic arts as lubki (popular prints), posters and book designs, journals, music sheets, and ephemera. It features not only standard types of printed media and related studies and maquettes, but also a number of watercolor and gouache costume and stage designs. About 100 works borrowed from the National Library of Russia and the Research Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia-many seen here for the first time outside of Russia-are featured in this book. Additional works have been drawn from the Zimmerli Art Museum, The New York Public Library, and from other public and private collections. Together they provide a rare opportunity to view and learn about a wide variety of artists, from the acclaimed to the lesser known. This book is a companion volume to an exhibition appearing at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.