Image from Coce

Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia's Silver Age : 1900-1920 / John E. Bowlt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2008Description: 395 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 050051433X
  • 9780500514337
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 700.9472109041 22
LOC classification:
  • NX556.A1 B67 2008
Contents:
A Double-Headed Eagle: Russia, Land of Paradox -- Azure Heights, Sapphire Depths: Philosophical Concepts of the Russian Silver Age -- The Shock of the New: Technology, Science, Engineering -- The Style Moderne: Russian Refractions or Art Nouveau -- The World of Art: Sergei Diaghilev and His Circle -- Flowers, Flowers to Cover the Tomb! Blooms of Decadence -- Body Art: Ballet, Theater, Cabaret, Nudism -- Aesthetes and Barbarians: Apollo and the Suicide of Art -- The Year 1913: Crossroads of Past and Future -- Apocalypse Now: War, Revolution, and Cultural Centrifuge.
Summary: A profusely illustrated narrative survey of turn-of-the-century Russian literary, visual and performing arts.Review: "This book focuses on the visual and material culture of St Petersburg and Moscow at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Advancing in roughly chronological sequence, Moscow and St Petersburg in Russia's Silver Age highlights the essential social and political developments of this turbulent era, which painting, poetry, music and dance both refracted and affected. A dazzling array of artists, writers, composers, actors, singers, dancers and designers are presented in context. The book carries a rich repertoire of artistic images and vintage documentary photographs, many of which have not been published before. With a clear narrative and comprehensive bibliography, this volume will appeal both to the specialist and to the general student of Russian history and culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 700.9472109041 BOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A360950B

Acquisitions record.

Format: Hardback.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Double-Headed Eagle: Russia, Land of Paradox -- Azure Heights, Sapphire Depths: Philosophical Concepts of the Russian Silver Age -- The Shock of the New: Technology, Science, Engineering -- The Style Moderne: Russian Refractions or Art Nouveau -- The World of Art: Sergei Diaghilev and His Circle -- Flowers, Flowers to Cover the Tomb! Blooms of Decadence -- Body Art: Ballet, Theater, Cabaret, Nudism -- Aesthetes and Barbarians: Apollo and the Suicide of Art -- The Year 1913: Crossroads of Past and Future -- Apocalypse Now: War, Revolution, and Cultural Centrifuge.

A profusely illustrated narrative survey of turn-of-the-century Russian literary, visual and performing arts.

"This book focuses on the visual and material culture of St Petersburg and Moscow at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Advancing in roughly chronological sequence, Moscow and St Petersburg in Russia's Silver Age highlights the essential social and political developments of this turbulent era, which painting, poetry, music and dance both refracted and affected. A dazzling array of artists, writers, composers, actors, singers, dancers and designers are presented in context. The book carries a rich repertoire of artistic images and vintage documentary photographs, many of which have not been published before. With a clear narrative and comprehensive bibliography, this volume will appeal both to the specialist and to the general student of Russian history and culture."--BOOK JACKET.

General.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha