Moscow : treasures and traditions / Mikhail M. Allenov [and others] ; introduction by W. Bruce Lincoln

Allenov, Mikhail Mikhailovich. Lincoln, W. Bruce. Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service. Soviet Union. Ministerstvo kul tury

1990, First Edition. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in association with University of Washington Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #362527
ISBN: 0295969946

Physical description; 281 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Notes; "Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the USSR Ministry of Culture in association with the Seattle Organizing Committee of the 1990 Goodwill Games and the Seattle Art Museum"--Title page verso. Exhibition shown at Seattle Art Museum from June through Sept. 1990 and at the Smithsonian Institution from Oct. 1990 through Feb. 1991. Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-207). Contents; Moscow : the cultural heartland of Russia / W. Bruce Lincoln -- Between heaven and earth : the external beauty of Moscow icons / Tatyana V. Tolstaya -- The golden age of Russian jewelry : Moscow metalwork, (1500-1800) / Irina A. Bobrovnitskaya -- Vessels of tradition : the kovsh / Julie Emerson -- A flowering of Russian style : Moscow metalwork, (1800-1910) / Galina G. Smorodinova -- A coat of mail and cold steel : the art of his majesty's armorers / Alexey K. Levykin -- "The tsar's highest favor" : Russian orders and medals / Valentina M. Nikitina -- "Gladdening the spirit" : a treasury of ecclesiastical textiles / Inna I. Vishnevskaya -- Spinning gold from Moscow threads : fashions and finery / Olga G. Gordeeva -- Hallmarks of perfection : porcelain of the Moscow region / Katrina V.H. Taylor -- Capital without a court : Moscow painting, 1700-1910 / Mikhail M. Allenov -- From avant-garde to avant-garde : Russian art, 1910-1990 / John E. Bowlt -- Moscow, the cultural heartland of Russia -- Icons -- Rusian jewelry -- Vessels of traditions (the Kovsh) -- Metalwork -- The art of His Majesty's armorers -- Russian orders and medals -- Ecclesiastical textiles -- Fashions and finery -- Porcelain of the Moscow region -- Moscow painting -- Avant-Garde (Russian art, 1910-1990) -- Rulers of Russia since 1462 -- Political leaders, (1917-1985). Subjects; Art, Russian Russia (Federation) Moscow ; Exhibitions. Art and society Russia (Federation) Moscow ; Exhibitions. Art and society. Art, Russian. Art, Russian Russia (Federation) Moscow ; Exhibitions. Art and society Ruzzia (federation) Moscow ; Exhibitions. Art russe Russie Moscou (Russie) Catalogues d'exposition. Art, Russian Russia (Federation) Moscow ; Exhibitions. Art and society Russia (Federation) Moscow ; Exhibitions. Art and society. Art, Russian. Art, Russian Russian S.F.S.R. Moscow Exhibitions. Art and society Russian S.F.S.R. Moscow Exhibitions. Art, Russian ; Exhibitions. Art, Russian Russian S.F.S.R. Moscow. Art and society Russian S.F.S.R. Moscow. Russia (Federation) Moscow. Moscou (Russie) dans l'art Expositions. Russia (Federation) Moscow. Art Russia Moscow Exhibitions. Visual arts. Russia. Moscow Art Exhibitions. Russia Art. Art, Russian. Art - Russia - Moscow. Moscow - Views. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Catalogues d'exposition. exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated.

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