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Leon Bakst and the Ballets Russes
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Leon Baskt was the most brilliant and daring costume designer of his time, his influence so radical and pervasive that the first two decades of the twentieth century have been called the Bakst era.
In Baskt and the Ballets Russes, Spencer provides an invaluable assessment of the great art renaissance of Slavophilism, in literature, music, art, and the theatre as the background which produced and influenced its founder the enigmatic Serge de Diaghilev and Bakst in their extraordinary careers. Above all the totally rewritten and enlarged text in this edition, plus more than 300 illustrations, explore the complex personality and decorative genius of Leon Bakst - from childhood to his puzzling death in Paris at the early age of 58. His obsession with erotic imagery is carefully analysed, and his influence on fashion, interior decoration, design and the decorative arts is fully evaluated.
Leon Baskt was the most brilliant and daring costume designer of his time, his influence so radical and pervasive that the first two decades of the twentieth century have been called the Bakst era.
In Baskt and the Ballets Russes, Spencer provides an invaluable assessment of the great art renaissance of Slavophilism, in literature, music, art, and the theatre as the background which produced and influenced its founder the enigmatic Serge de Diaghilev and Bakst in their extraordinary careers. Above all the totally rewritten and enlarged text in this edition, plus more than 300 illustrations, explore the complex personality and decorative genius of Leon Bakst - from childhood to his puzzling death in Paris at the early age of 58. His obsession with erotic imagery is carefully analysed, and his influence on fashion, interior decoration, design and the decorative arts is fully evaluated.
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