Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929

Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929 by Jane Pritchard & Geoffrey Marsh


ISBN
9781851778355
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
240
Dimensions
242 x 311 x 20mm

Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) was an extraordinarily gifted impresario, curator, director and animator of the arts. He was perfectly at home driving the wave of creative energy that pushed theatrical performance to the cutting edge of cultural activity in the early twentieth century.

A roll call of the Ballets Russes' collaborators and circle bears witness to their impact on modernism and later twentieth- century art; Picasso, Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Bakst, Goncharova, Matisse, Chanel, Prokofiev, Man Ray and Cocteau all worked with Diaghilev - and their work is discussed and illustrated here. This beautiful book draws on new research to explore Diaghilev's life, work and cultural milieu. It pulls together the music, pictures, costumes, archives and art of the Ballets Russes to illustrate
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