Kartina, stil’, moda / Painting, Fashion and Style
St. Petersburg: Rus muz, 2009. Sewn cl. The first chapter outlines how the idea of style changed at various stages of the Russian Empire and in the Soviet period. The second disourses on the changes in dress or costume in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The third chapter outlines the way in which St. Petersburg led the way in style in the imperial period and how it coped with the loss of capital status in the Soviet period. The abundant visual material from five St. Petersburg museums published in this catalogue—painting and drawing, historical and contemporary costume, works of applied and decorative art—provide the most important data on the theme of style in Russia over three centuries. 280 pp., 9 x 13 ins., 20 b-&-w illus., 317 color, sewn cl., Rus. or ENGLISH. Item #840
ISBN: 9785933323037
Price: $63.00