Adult Coloring Book Amusing and Delightful Patterns Vol. 1
by Professor of Law William Wilson
In this groundbreaking study, Nina Gurianova identifies the early Russian avant-garde (1910-1918) as a distinctive movement in its own right and not a preliminary stage to the Constructivism of the 1920s. Gurianova identifies what she terms an "aesthetics of anarchy" - art-making without rules - that greatly influenced early twentieth-century modernists. Setting the early Russian avant-garde movement firmly within a broader European context, Gurianova draws on a wealth of primary and archival so...
Russia for Kids: People, Places and Cultures - Children Explore the World Books
by Baby Professor
Ideology and the Arts in the Soviet Union (International Library of Twentieth Century History, v. 60)
by Steven Richmond
Lenin was an unambiguous supporter of total censorship and control of culture, while, interestingly, a young Stalin defended Bulgakov against charges of 'bourgeois' leanings. By charting the direction of theatre, literature and the Bolshevik leadership in this period, Steven Richmond provides a fascinating history of cultural life in communist Russia - and an insight into the character of totalitarianism itself. Essential reading for students and scholars of twentieth century social, literary an...
For decades the work of Lazar Khidekel has been undeservedly overlooked by galleries and museums - primarily because the Russian avant-garde movement was interrupted midstream and forced underground by the Soviet state. This elegantly designed book provides the perfect introduction to Khidekel's decades-long career and coincides with a recently renewed fascination with Suprematism and the development of 20th-century abstraction. A student of Chagall and Malevich, Khidekel was an artistic prodigy...
Adult Coloring Book Amusing and Delightful Patterns Vol. 5
by Professor of Law William Wilson
Plans Pragmatism And People (Changing Eastern Europe S., #2)
by Tony French
This work provides a survey of the seven decades of Soviet power in the context of the planning and development of its cities. Throughout this historical analysis, the author assesses the consequences of the period for the successor States that rose from the ashes of the Soviet bloc and are struggling to establish and organize themselves today. The book begins with an overview of the legacy from the pre-revolutionary history of Russia, a legacy overwhelmingly rural, but with important urban elem...
Covering the period from the beginning of the Cold War to the installation of the International Space Station, this book documents a rare collection: almost 250 mission patches worn by Soviet and Russian cosmonauts since 1963. Alexander Glushko, one of the leading specialists in the history of manned space flight and rocket technology in Russia, presents numerous emblems with individual explanations in their applied context: as patches worn on spacesuits. The collection not only comprises partia...