Moscow and St. Petersburg 1900-1920 Art, Life, and Culture of the Russian Silver Age

Name: Moscow and St. Petersburg 1900-1920 Art, Life, and Culture of the Russian Silver Age
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ISBN: 9780865651845

ISBN-10: 0865651841

ISBN-13: 9780865651845

Edition: N/A

Authors: John E. Bowlt

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Lavishly illustrated,Moscow & St. Petersburg 19001920is the quintessential guide to Russia's vibrant and influential Silver Age. In this elegantly written narrative survey, John E. Bowlt sheds new light on Russia's Silver Age, the period of artistic renaissance that flourished as Imperial Russia's power waned. Much of the creative energy could be attributed to the Symbolist movement, whose proponents sought to transcend the barriers of bourgeois civility and whose unconventional lifestyles led some critics to label them Decadents and Degenerates. But, as Sergei Diaghilev declared, theirs was not a moral or artistic decline, but a voyage of inner discovery and a reinvention of a national…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Publisher: Vendome Press, The
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.87" wide x 9.63" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.278
Language: English



Note to the Reader


Introduction


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 of 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


Epilogue


Notes


Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations


Further Reading


Index


Photo Credits