Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia's Silver Age

This book focuses on the visual and material culture of St Petersburg and Moscow at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The twilight of Imperial Russia witnessed a sudden renaissance that left a profound imprint on the visual, literary and performing arts: here was a Silver Age as luminous perhaps as the Golden Age of Russian literature many decades before. 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 reflected and affected. A dazzling array of artists, writers, composers, actors, singers, dancers and designers are presented in context, including Tolstoy, Pasternak, Gorky, Akhmatova, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Nijinsky, Scriabin, Karsavina, Meyerhold, Chaliapin, Stanislavsky, Diaghilev, Roerich, Repin, Serov, Somov, Vrubel, Bakst, Kandinsky, Malevich, Mayakovsky and many more. 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.

Product details

• Authors: John E Bowlt, John E. Bowlt, Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780500295649
• ISBN: 978-0-500-29564-9
• No. of pages: 396
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business; Russia, The arts: general issues, 20th Century, ART / History / General, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, Literature: history and criticism, The arts: general topics, Russia;Russian Art;Cultural History