Papua New Guinea Prints: Costumes for the Ballets Russes 1909-1933 - Softcover

Eastburn, Melanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0642541167 ISBN 13: 9780642541161

Publisher: National Gallery of Australia, 2006

Synopsis

Between 1909 and 1929 the spectacular productions of Serge Diaghilev's "Ballets Russes" transformed the presentation of dance. Diaghilev brought leading modern artists, composers and choreographers together to collaborate on new ballets: the result was an integration of art, dance and music that was unique in its time and still remains influential. This volume is an illustrated look at the "Ballets Russes" and their exotic costumes, created by Diaghilev's friends Leon Bakst, Alexandre Benois, and Nicholas Roerich, and such artists as Sonia Delaunay, Giorgio de Chirico, Natalia Goncharova, Michel Larionov, Henri Matisse and Andre Masson. The costumes, from famous productions like "L'Apres midi d'un faune", "Scheherazade" and "L'Oiseau de feu", have been put on display in art museums all over the world, including the St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music, London's Victoria and Albert Museum and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Gallery of Australia
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0642541167
• ISBN 13: 9780642541161
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 124