Costume
Stranitsy istoriii otechestvennogo iskusstva, vypusk XXVII. Sbornik statei po materialam nauchnoi konferentsii (Russkii muzei, Sankt-Peterburg, 2015) (Pages in the History of Russian Art. Collection of articles stemming from a scholarly conference [Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2015])
St. Petersburg: Rus muz, 2016. Sewn pb. The authors look at many aspects of Russian art: avant-garde sculpture of the early Soviet period; the works of Malevich and Filonov and their students; identifying sitters in Rokotov's portraits; painting as a source on medals and awards; women's folk headdresses, and story-telling..... More
Anna Zvereva: uzory zemli Olonkho (Anna Zvereva: patterns of the land of Olonkho)
St. Petersburg: Slavia, 2015. Sewn cl. The designs of contemporary textiles and clothing in the Russian Far East stem from the patterns used in traditional costume of the region. This catalogue of works by a contemporary designer from Yakutia illustrates the richness of the patterns, the unusual and beautiful compositions..... More
Byt pushkinskogo Peterburga : opyt entsiklopedicheskogo slovaria, a-k (Everyday life in Pushkin's St. Petersburg: an enclopedia-dictionary, a–k)
St. Petersburg: Ivan Limbakh, 2011. Sewn cl. The first entry discusses the Spiritual Academy and the last entry is on Concerts suggest the range of material published in this unique handbook. 301 p. + 52 pls., 20 cm, approc 50 color illus., Rus. More
Byt pushkinskogo Peterburga : opyt entsiklopedicheskogo slovaria, l-ia (Everyday life in Pushkin's St. Petersburg: an enclopedia-dictionary, l-ia)
St. Petersburg: Ivan Limbakh, 2011. Sewn cl. The first entry discusses the Lycée and the last entry is on Hermitage suggest the range of material published in this unique handbook. 413 p. + 64 pls., 20 cm, approc 70 color illus., Rus. More
XVIII vek — vek voinskoi slavy Rossii (The eighteenth century — the century of Russia's military glory)
Moscow: Muzei-zapovednik Tsaritsyno, 2008. sewn pb. 203 p., 27 cm., approx. 150 color and b/w illus., Rus. More
Uniforma russkoi imperatorskoi armii kontsa XIX – nachala XX veka. Istoriia. Dizain. Materialy. Tekhnologii (Uniforms of the Russian Imperial Army of the Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries: history. design. materials, technologies) ; XIX — XX . . . .
St. Petersburg: Rekonstruktsiia, 2020. Sewn cl. The authors have examined many documents, written and visual, on military uniforms during the reign of the last tsar. They have tapped such museums as the Suvorov Military Museum and the Historical Military Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Signal Corps in St. Petersburg and..... More
Prakticheskii seminar Narodnaia odezhda v ramkakh konferentsii "Morfologiia obriada" (A practical seminar on Folk costume in the context of the conference "the morphology of custom)
Ivanovo: Roshcha Akademii, 2009. Pb. The authors investigate the meaning of traditional elements of folk costume. The significance of women's clothing, the meaning of flowers in a wedding crown, belts on dresses, the significance of a bride's headwear, and regional variations in folk costume are among the themes of the..... More
Moda – narodu: ot konstruktivizma k dizainu. Mezhdunarodnaia vystavka (Fashion to the people: from constructivism to design. International exhibition)
Moscow: Rabochii i kolkhoznitsa, 2017 (?). Sewn pb. This catalogue about revolutionary clothing and styles suiting the new Soviet man and Soviet woman combines historical material such as drawings for costume and textile design by great avant-garde artists (e.g., Varvara Stepanova, Alexandra Exter, Liubov Popova, El Lisitskii, Liudmila Maiakovskaia, and..... More
Fedor Fedorovskii: Legenda Bol'shogo teatra (Fedor Fedorovskii: legend of the Bolshoi Theater)
Moscow: Tret'iakovskaia galereia / Skanrus, 2014. Sewn cl. This is the catalogue of an exhibition unfolds the career of an artist whose costume and set designs distinguished the performances of Moscow's Bolshoi Theater for several decades. Published are works of Fedorovskii from collections at the Bakhrushin Theater Museum, the Bolshoi..... More
Veer kak iskusstvo: Veera iz sobraniia Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo ob’edinennogo muzeia-zapovednika Kolomenskoe-Izmailovo-Lefortovo-Liublino i muzeia "Iskusstvo veera", g. Sankt-Peterburga (Fans as art: fans from the collection of Moscow Sate United Museum-Preserves Kolomenskoe-Izmailovo-Lefortovo-Liublino and the Fan Museum, St. Petersburg)
Moscow: Moskovskii ob''edinennyi muzei, 2014. pb. These works from five museums show how an applied and decorative art can verge on the fine arts. Artists using various techniques (painting, engraving, embroidery, carving) to shape and illustrate sensuous materials like silk, lace, bone, and spangles. Works come from Western Europe and..... More
Batushkina armiia: Gatchinskie voiska velikogo kniazia Pavla Petrovicha (Father’s Army: Gatchina Troops of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich)
St. Petersburg: Galereia, 2008. saddle-stitched. Drawings, paintings, and works of decorative art from the collections of the museum at Gatchina illustrate a colorful and not very well known chapter of Russian eighteenth-century history: the military force of approximately two and half thousand troops assigned by Catherine the Great to her..... More
Sarafany v sobraniia muzeiia-zapovednika Kizhi (Sundresses in the collection of Kizhi Museum).
Moscow: Sev pal, 2j016. Sewn cl. The museum at Kizhi has been collecting peasant clothing for over half a century. Its collection now has articles of clothing for both everyday and holiday use from the nineteenth to the early twentieth century. The Sarafan is a distintive from of female dress..... More
Traditsionnaia kul’tura Tatar XIX – XX vekov (Traditional Culture of the Tatars in the 19th and 20th Centuries)
St. Petersburg: Slavia, 2012. sewn pb. These works from the Russian Museum of Ethnography’s (St. Petersburg) vast collections were exhibited at the Kazan Kremlin in 2012. They display a spectrum of artistic culture of the Tartars: costume, jewelry, embroidery, weaving, ceramics, metalwork, leather mosaic, and dolls. Especially dazzling are the..... More
Tatdeko: ot starinnykh tekhnologii k sovremennomu dizainu = Tatdeco : from ancient technologies to modern design = Tatdeko: boryngy tekhnologiialardan - zamancha dizainga
St. Petersburg: Slavia, 2012. Sewn cl. Inspired by traditional Tatar and Islamic aesthetics, the foundation "Turan Art" was started outside Kazan in southern Russia to apply Tatar craftsmanship to the design of contemporary costume and accessories such as handbags and boots. Artists use gold and tambour embroidery and leather mosaic..... More
Risunki dlia schetnoi vyshivki: skhemy XIX veka v sobranii Istoricheskogo muzeia (Drawings for embroidery: 19-century patterns in the collection of the Historical Museum)
Moscow: Gos Istoricheskii muzei (GIM), 2018. Sewn pb. Works from London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and various Russian sources illustrate the tastes and interests of a homey and widespread form of applied and decorative art. This first scholarly catalogue of the Historical Museum’s collection is nicely produced with large color plates..... More
Grokhochet bal, siiaet bal...Svetskie uveseleniia v Peterburge XVIII - nachala XX veka (The ball resounds, the ball dazzles: society diversions in St. Petersburg from the 18th to the early 20th c.)
St. Petersburg: Muzei istorii Sankt-Peterburga, 2014. sewn pb. The ball was above all a spectacle, and the paraphernalia that was de rigueur - dresses, fans, glove cases, masks, costumes - make up a rich vein of visual culture. The works published in this catalogue of an exhibition at the museum..... More
Vyshitye podzory, konets XVIII – nachalo XIX veka (Embroidered Trimmings. The End of 18th –Beginning of 19th Century)
St. Petersburg: Rus muz, 2012. sewn cl. This Russian Museum catalogue publishes ornamental edgings of embroidery and lace from the museum’s collection. Most were used in folk tradition to decorate the sheets of the bridal bed and became part of bride’s dowry. The works were made predominantly in various towns..... More
Oni sluzhili otechestvu: personal'noe dlinnoklinkovoe oruzhie v fondakh Tsentral'nogo voenno-morskogo muzeia (They served their fatherland: long blade weapons from the collection of the Central State Naval Museum in St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg: 2013. Sewn cl. These blade weapons used by or awarded to those who served in the Russian navy are significant for the art history of arms and their provenance, for example, pieces wielded by Peter the Great, Emperor Paul, grand princes of the Romanov family. Most of the..... More
Russkoe narodnoe iskusstvo: kratkaia entsiklopediia (Russian Folk Art: A Short Encyclopedia)
St. Petersburg: Rus muz, 2009. Sewn pb. The curator of the folk art collection at the Russian Museum (St. Petersburg) begins the book with comments on general theme: what is Folk art and the history of collecting and study; kinds of folk art; folk art and nature; artistic characteristics. Then..... More
Pravoslavnye tserkovnye oblacheniia XVII – nachala XX veka v sobranii Ermitazha (Russian Orthodox church vestments from the 17th to the early 20th century in the Hermitage collection)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2020. Sewn pb. This is the first exhibition devoted to ecclesiastical vestments in the Hermitage's collection. The works themselves are presented as fine textiles — materials and techniques, styles and patterns are examined — and as a genre of costume. Most works originate with clergy that served..... More
Mir russkogo dvorianstva. Pod famil'nym gerbom i imperatorskim orlom, katalog vystavki (The world of the Russian nobility: under the family crest and the imperial eagle, catalogue of the exhibition)
St. Petersburg: Slavia, 2013. sewn pb. In this catalogue of works from the Hermitage exhibited at the Yusupov Palace Museum in St. Petersburg the authors show how Russian imperial emblems and symbols of state shaped the design of various applied and decorative arts, including porcelain, furniture, watches, candelabra, and ceremonial..... More
Tlinkity: katalog kollektsii kunstkamery (Tlingit Tribe: Catalogue of the Collection of the Kunstkamera [St. Petersburg])
St. Petersburg: Kunstkamera, 2007. Sewn pb. Besides the ethnographic interest of the Kunstkamera’s collection, the masks, helmets, weapons, woven articles, and shamans’ costumes typify the forceful imagery of primitive artifacts that was one of the wellsprings of modern art. The collection ranges from the everyday to the ornately ceremonial, and..... More
Dekorativno-prikladnoe iskusstvo Sankt-Peterburga za 300 let: Illiustrirovannaia entsiklopediia, tom 2 (An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Three Hundred Years of Decorative and Applied Arts of St. Petersburg, vol. 2)
St. Petersburg: ARS, 2006. sewn cl. Volume 2 of this encyclopedia of applied arts based on the Hermitage collections covers Russian furniture, bronzes, costume, and textiles. Since many of the works are not on permanent exhibition, they become accessible only in publication. Entries on each piece are exhaustive and proceed..... More
Iuvelirnoe iskusstvo Suvaro-Bulgar — predkov Chuvashei (Jewelry art of Suvaro-Bulgars, ancestors of the Chuvash)
Cheboksary: Chuvashkoe knizhnoe izdatel'stvo, 2018. Sewn cl. The author has amassed many examples of jewelry and metalwork most dating from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries to convey the continuity of design between the Volga Bulgars, Suvars, and their contemporary descendants the Chuvash. 125 p., 30 cm, approx. 600 color..... More