John E. Bowlt is a specialist in Russian art history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and has authored books on Symbolism, the avant-garde, and Socialist Realism. He has curated or co-curated numerous exhibitions and is currently a professor of Slavic Languages and Literature at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Note to the Reader | p. 6 |
Introduction | p. 9 |
A Double-Headed Eagle: Russia, Land of Paradox | p. 33 |
Azure Heights, Sapphire Depths: Philosophical Concepts of the Russian Silver Age | p. 67 |
The Shock of the New: Technology, Science, Engineering | p. 99 |
The Style Moderne: Russian Refractions of Art Nouveau | p. 129 |
The World of Art: Sergei Diaghilev and His Circle | p. 161 |
Flowers, Flowers to Cover the Tomb!: Blooms of Decadence | p. 201 |
Body Art: Ballet, Theater, Cabaret, Nudism | p. 223 |
Aesthetes and Barbarians: Apollo and the Suicide of Art | p. 295 |
The Year 1913: Crossroads of Past and Future | p. 319 |
Apocalypse Now: War, Revolution, and Cultural Centrifuge | p. 347 |
Epilogue | p. 374 |
Notes | p. 376 |
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations | p. 384 |
Further Reading | p. 386 |
Index | p. 388 |
Photo Credits | p. 395 |
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