Author: BOWLT, JOHN E
Title: Russian stage design, 1880-1930 (in two volumes) / John E. Bowlt ... [et al.]; [photographs, Nikita D. Lobanov-Rostovsky]
Description: Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club 2012. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; v.: ill. (chiefly col.); decorated endpapers; 31 cm. Notes; 'Russian stage design 1880-1930 based on the collection of Nina and Nikita D. Lobanov-Rostovsky. ' -- Foreword. Cover title of vol. 1: Masterpieces of Russian stage design. 1880-1930. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; 'Masterpieces of Russian Stage Design 1880-1930' examines the Lobanov-Rostovsky collection of stage design. in turn outlining the history of modern Russian art: one of the most important interludes within the cultural renaissance of the early twentieth century. Unique in size. scope. and composition. the collection is unequalled; artists include celebrities such as Bakst. Benois. Goncharova. Larionov. Malevich. Popova. Rodchenko. and Tatlin as well as less familiar names such as Anisfeld. Lissim. Remisoff. and Soudeikine. This volume (the first of a two-part set) includes over 200 colour illustrations of selected designs as well as an introduction. interview. indices (to artists. theatre companies. and primary productions). a glossary of terms. and a comprehensive bibliography for the visual and performing arts in Russia. From Neo-Nationalism and Symbolism through Cubo-Futurism and Suprematism to Constructivism and Socialist Realism. Masterpieces of Russian Stage Design guides the reader through the movements. styles. productions and projects that attracted many of Russia s early twentieth-century artists to the stage. The companion volume. 'Encyclopedia of Russian Stage Design' ISBN: 9781851497195 (to be published in 2013). is the catalogue raisonne of the Lobanov-Rostovsky collection. Review: Anyone interested in the theater will enjoy leafing through this book. but the text also makes it a resource for specialists in the history of Russian stage design. - CHOICE Subjects; Theaters - Stage-setting and scenery - Russia - Drawings - History - 19th century. Theatrical posters. Russian - History - 19th century. Theatrical posters. Russian - History - 20th century. Costume - Russia - History - 19th century. Costume - Russia - History - 20th century. Theatrical posters - Russia - History - 19th century. Theatrical posters - Russia - History - 20th century. Technical & background skills. Russia; c 1800 to c 1900. c 1900 - c 1914. First World War. 1914-1918. Inter-war period. 1918-1939. ART / Russian & Former Soviet Union. PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft. Weight in Kg appr.:

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