Léon Bakst : set and costume designs : book illustrations : paintings and graphic works

Author(s)

• Bakst, Léon
• Pruzhan, Irina Nikolaevna
• Shkarovski-Raffe, Arthur
• Dyachenko, Sergei

Bibliographic Information

Léon Bakst : set and costume designs : book illustrations : paintings and graphic works

text and selection by Irina Pruzhan ; designed by Sergei Dyachenko ; translated from the Russian by Arthur Shkarovski-Raffe

（Penguin books）

Penguin, 1988, c1986

Note

Originally published: Harmondsworth : Viking, 1987

Bibliography: p.239-242. : Includes idnex

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This illustrated book concerns Leon Bakst (!866-1924), a Russian artist and a founding member of the Mir iskusstva (World Art) association, a group organized in St Petersburg in the late 1890s by artists and art lovers, led by Alexander Benois and Sergei Diaghilev. It contains colour reproductions of his paintings, book illustrations and set designs for which he was most noted. His stage sets and costumes are known for their elements of fantasy, beauty and historical accuracy. He made a unique contribution to the promotion of Russian art in Western Europe as the leading designer for the Russian ballet.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA24446609
• ISBN:
  • 0140087346
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth
• Pages/Volumes: 245 p
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ND2888.B3
  • LCC : PN2067
  • DC20 : 792.8025092
  • DC20 : 792.8026092
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Soviet Union. Ballet. Companies: Ballet Russes. Stage design. Bakst, Léon, 1866?-1924
  • PRECIS : Soviet Union. Ballet. Companies: Ballet Russes. Costumes. Design. Bakst, Léon, 1866?-1924
  • BLSH : Bakst, Léon, 1866?-1924
  • BLSH : Bakst, Léon, 1866?-1924
  • BLSH : Ballets Russes
  • BLSH : Ballets Russes
  • LCSH : Ballet -- Stage-setting and scenery
  • LCSH : Ballet -- Costume
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00474814