Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia's Silver Age : 1900-1920 /
John E. Bowlt.
- 395 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
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.