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Milano: Skira, 2014. Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi, 21 settembre 2013 - 19 gennaio 2014. Edited by John Bowlt, Nicoletta Misler, Evgenia Petrova. Milano, 2014; clothbound, pp. 320, 130 ill. b/n, 172 ill. col., cm 25,5x29,5. (Arte moderna. Cataloghi). The rituals of Siberian shamans, the ancient funerary sculptures from the steppes seen as a crystallised presence of archaic and everlasting forms of worship, Chinese popular prints, Japanese engravings, Theosophic and Anthroposophic theories and Indian philosophy are but some of the elements that inspired the aesthetic and theoretical pursuits of the new Russian artists and writers just before the October 1917 Revolution. Written to accompany the exhibition in Florence, this book is devoted to the complex relation between Russian art and the East - be it the Russian East or the Far East - with a special focus on the radical artists who shaped the development of modern art a century ago. Figures such as Léon Bakst, Alexandre Benois, Pavel Filonov,…
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The Russian Avant-Garde: Siberia and the East: Siberia and the East Hardcover - 2014
by John Bowlt (Editor); Nicoletta Misler (Editor); Evgenija Petrova (Editor)
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- Title The Russian Avant-Garde: Siberia and the East: Siberia and the East
- Author John Bowlt (Editor); Nicoletta Misler (Editor); Evgenija Petrova (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Edition original
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Skira, Milano
- Date 2014-09-30
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9788857219165 / 885721916X
- Weight 4.45 lbs (2.02 kg)
- Dimensions 11.5 x 10.25 x 1.2 in (29.21 x 26.04 x 3.05 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 700.411
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Skira Inc. , Publishers. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2013. Hardcover. 885721916X . Boards with slightly bumped spine ends. Slightly soiled text block. Jacket has mild edgewear and a 2.5" closed tear. Binding sound, text clean. No ownership marks or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 319 pages .
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