Arts

Three Centuries of Russian Painting [1994]

Old Russian Art [In Russian}

Древнерусское искусство. Художественная культура X — первой половины XIII в. Old Russian art. Artistic culture of the X through the first half of the XIII century. Nauka (Наука), 1988. Hardcover, 344 pages. IN RUSSIAN. Editors: A. I. Komech, O. I...

State Museum of Arts of the Karakalpak [IN RUSSIAN]

Savitsky, I.V. State Museum of Arts of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Государственный музей искусств Каракалпакской АССР). Book describes three departments of the State Museum of Arts of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist...

Russian Glass of the 17th - 20th Centuries

Russian Glass of the 17th - 20th Centuries. N.N. Asharina. NY: Corning, 1990. First edition. Paper bound, 191 pages. IN ENGLISH. The Corning Museum of Glass is a relatively new museum, having been opened in 1951. The staff at the museum did acquire some...

Русская глиняная игрушка (Russian Clay Toy)

Русская глиняная игрушка (Russian Clay Toy). И. Богуславская. Leningrad: Искусство (Ленинградское отделение), 1975. An illustrated overview of one of Russia's most interesting folk arts. The introduction helps to understand the artistic features of the...

Children's Theater [Театр для малышей]

Георгий Генов. Театр для малышей (Children's theater). IN RUSSIAN. Teaches how to to arrange a table theater, a theater-book, a puppet stage, a puppet theater, and a shadow theater. Given for each type is a diverse repertoire, patterns and drawings, and...

Happy New Year! [С Новым годом! ]

С Новым годом! Репертуарный сборник. (Happy New Year! Repertory collection).  IN RUSSIAN.. Moscow: Воениздат, 1962. Stiff boards hardcover, 168 pages. Good condition, binding sound, all edges rubbed, no names or writing. 1 copy only. Repertoire...

In our theater [В нашем театре]

В нашем театре: пьесы, сцены, шутки для школьной самодеятельности. (Сборник).  (In our theater: plays, scenes, jokes for school amateur performances.) IN RUSSIAN. Moscow: Детская литература 1966, 1966. Stiff boards hardcover, 176 pages...

Памятники архитектуры Москвы: Земляной город

Памятники архитектуры Москвы: Земляной город (Architectural Monuments of Moscow: Earthworks Town).  Tamara Moiseeva (Тамара Моисеева), editor. Moscow: Искусство publishers, 1990.  352 pages.  Volume 3 in the series "Architectural...

Эрмитаж: История Строительства и архитектура зданий

Эрмитаж История Строительства и архитектура зданий (The Hermitage. A History of It's Construction and Architecture). IN RUSSIAN. By Авторский Коллектив (A Team of Authors).  A richly illustrated history in photos, plans and documents...

Советский фарфор Каталог (A Catalog of Soviet Porcelain.)

Советский фарфор. Каталог. (A Catalog of Soviet Porcelain.)  An illustrated catalog IN RUSSIAN of Soviet porcelain from the high-water mark years of the 1930's through 1980's. More than 170 sculptures and decorative porcelain are shown from...

Русская миниатюра на эмали (Enamel Miniatures )

Русская Миниатюра На Эмали (Russian Enamel Miniatures). G.N. Komelova. Miniatures on enamel were widespread in Russia in the XVIII century. The types of works included ceremonial and intimate portraits, ancient and biblical subjects, - led by a group of...

Four Seasons (Четыре времени года) Book Set

Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (Четыре времени года: Весна, Лето, Осень, Зима). 4-volume set of books with beautiful photos guaranteed to evoke memories for the old country. Text and poetry in Russian. Printed cloth bindings -...

Monuments of Russian Architecture and Art Памятники Русской Архитектуры

V.N. Ivanov. Monuments of Russian Architecture and Art (Памятники Русской Архитектуры и Искусства. XI - XIX веков). TEXT IN RUSSIAN, ILLUSTRATION TITLES in ENGLISH. Beautiful photographs by professional photographers on some of the...

Илья Глазунов - Фотоальбом (Ilya Glazunov. Photo Album.)

Vasily Zakharchenko. Ilya Glazunov - Photo Album. (Илья Глазунов - Фотоальбом.)  [IN RUSSIAN]. Acclaimed realistic artist born in 1930 in St. Petersburg. During the height of Communism (1970s-1980s) he used themes from Eastern Orthodoxy...

Русское Черневое Искусство

From the days of Kievan Rus, Slavic craftsmen have worked in niello (an alloy that produces a black finish to metal). Text is in Russian. List of vintage and contemporary masters in the field.  A must for collectors of Russian niello and related...