Russian art : From Scyths to Soviets
1946, 1st edition. London : The Studio. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #401072
Physical description: 272 pages : plates (some color) ; 26 cm. Notes: Illus. (some col.) incl. plans. Includes bibliographical references (page 268). Contents: Pre-Christian period -- Epoch of Kiev -- Epoch of Novgorod's Suzerainty -- Vladimir-Suzdal epoch -- Muscovite era -- Era of S. Petersburg -- Art of the icon -- Iconography and technique of the icon -- Russian prints -- Russian ceramics -- Gold and silverwork and jewellery -- Russian enamels -- Peasant woodcarving, toys and musical instruments -- Embroideries, ecclesiastical and civil -- Painting and sculpture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Soviet architecture -- Soviet painting and sculpture -- Final survey. Subjects: Art, Russian; Art, Russian History; Russia; Soviet Union; USSR.
Price: €45.00