Russian Legends Folk Tales and Fairy Tales

Name: Russian Legends Folk Tales and Fairy Tales
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ISBN: 9789056626082

ISBN-10: 9056626086

ISBN-13: 9789056626082

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sijbolt Noorda, David Jackson, Patty Wageman, Ellen Rutten, Marija Valjaeva

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"The Magic Carpet" by Russian-born Victor Vasnetsov depicts a man placidly hovering on an oriental rug, flanked by three owls, above an eerie, moonlit landscape. Painted in 1880, it evidences the influence that Russian fairytales (in which magic carpets figure heavily) had on Russian painters and illustrators of the time. These stories were not only, as is often thought, used in traditional crafts like embroidery, lacquer work and embroidery. Nineteenth century artists blended imagery from fairytales and legends with references to what was happening politically, economically and socially in Russia and the rest of the world--creating a unique picture of the Russian psyche. An engaging survey…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: NAi Uitgevers / Publishers Stichting
Publication date: 3/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 9.50" wide x 11.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English



Foreword


Cinderella without her Glass Slipper, Snow White without her Dwarves


Once upon a Time ... Words into Pictures


Byliny in Russian Art


Out of Their Minds: The Fantasy Worlds of Viktor Vasnetsov and Ivan Bilibin


Kashchei The Immortal versus The People: Viktor Vasnetsov and the Political Interpretation of Folk Tales in Russian Culture


Nikolai Roerikh's Byliny and Fairy Tales


Vasily Kandinsky and Folklore: A Journey from Science to Art


Catalogue


Viktor Vasnetsov


Ivan Bilibin


Elena Polenova


Mikhail Vrubel


Nikolai Roerikh


Vasily Kandinsky


Summaries of Fairy Tales and Byliny


List of Works in the Exhibition