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Russia’s Last Tsar Story – From Throne to Twilight
Through history, art, and testimony, this work reveals the story of a monarch torn between duty and destiny, and a family caught in the crossfire of change. More than a tale of downfall, it is a window into the end of an empire and the birth of a new Russia.
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Brushstrokes Over Bombs – Rediscovering Russia Through Its Art
This book offers a sweeping panorama of Russian art from the 18th to the 20th century, tracing its evolution from iconography to avant-garde movements. It explores the unique duality of Russian painting - rooted in both Eastern spirituality and Western technique - and showcases iconic artists like Repin, Shishkin, and Levitan through richly illustrated page.
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Happy Birthday, Ilya Repin!
Repin's art is characterized by its realism and narrative depth, often depicting historical events, everyday life, and profound psychological insights. His paintings are marked by meticulous attention to detail and a keen sense of drama, capturing moments of intensity and emotion with remarkable precision.
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The Last Tsar – Crowned in Glory, Lost to Revolution
This is a major pictorial work about the Romanov dynasty, the supreme rulers of Russia for over 300 years, with special emphasis on the life of Nicholas II, the last Tsar. Moreover, it is an unsurpassed photographic record of the lives of the last reigning members of the Russian Royal family.
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From stage to canvas: The unique art of Léon Bakst
This book illustrates the wealth of Bakst's contribution to the world of theatre and dance. His best known work includes sets for Stravinsky's Firebird, and Weber's Spectre de la Rose.
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The golden age of Russian Painting: Tradition and Innovation
From the 18th century to the 20th, this book gives a panorama of Russian painting not equalled anywhere else. Russian culture developed in contact with the wider European influence, but retained strong native intonations.
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Russian The Last Tsar: Power, Revolution, and the End of an Empire
The great majority of the photographs used in this book have never been published before, and have rarely been seen even by researchers from the West, having remained hidden in archives for 70 years, since the Russian revolution.
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The evolution of religious icons in Súzdal, Novgorod, and the Greco-Italian school
During the 12th to 14th centuries, the development of religious icons in regions such as Súzdal and Novgorod in Russia, and the Greco-Italian school in Southern Europe, reflected a blending of Byzantine influence with local artistic traditions.
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The spiritual odyssey of Nicholas Roerich: Art beyond boundaries
Nicholas Roerich, with his huge and versatile talent, is one of the most interesting creative minds of the early 20th century.
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Ivan Aivazovsky and the Russian Painters of Water
Master of the Sublime, he made the ocean the principal subject of his work. Sometimes wild and raging, sometimes calm and peaceful, the life of the ocean is composed of as many allegories as the human condition.
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