This lavishly illustrated book is devoted to Russian art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - a period often known as the "age of Diaghilev." This legendary Russian Impressario was the moving force behind the ambitious publication of the magazine The World of Art and the founding of the artistic society of the same name, whose exhibitions did so much to define the face of Russian art at the turn of the century. The artists, composers and choreographers who contributed to Sergei Diaghilev's projects are now household names - Leon Bakst, Igor Stravinsky, Anna Pavlova and George Balanchine among so many others. Whether he was curating an exhibition, writing a book or mounting a theatrical production, Diaghilev always incarnated the artistic ideas of his time.
- ISBN10 3935298129
- ISBN13 9783935298124
- Publish Date 1 January 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 June 2005
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Palace Editions
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English