Seas, cities and dreams
Subtitle: the paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky
By: Gianni Caffiero & Ivan Samarine
Contributors: Caffiero, Gianni, 1953-; Samarine, Ivan, 1964-
Publisher: Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Aĭvazovskiĭ, Ivan Konstantinovich, -- 1817-1900; Painters -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography; Ocean -- Pictorial works; Cities and towns -- Pictorial works
Genres: Biography; Pictorial works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 320) and index
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: pt. 1. The life of Ivan Aivazovsky; title: Childhood, Theodosia; title: Imperial Academy, St. Petersburg; title: First steps; the trip to the Crimea, the trip to Italy; title: To Constantinople; title: Return to Theodosia; title: Kharkov & the Crimean war; title: The 1860s; title: The 1870s: the Constantinople again; title: The 1880s; title: The final years; title: Origins of Aivazovsky's art; title: Aivazovsky's technique; title: pt. 2. Seas, cities & dreams; title: The sea from calm to storm: The transparent wave; title: Storm; title: Shipwreck; title: Among the waves; title: Ice & frost; title: Cities & Places; title: The Crimea; title: Venice & Italian vedute; title: Constantinople, the Caucasus & the Aegean; title: Moscow & St. Petersburg; title: From dawn to dusk; title: Moonlight; title: Blue pictures; title: 'Dreams': the Romantic inheritance; title: Historical pictures & commissions; title: pt. 3. Remarks, inventories & sources; title: Appendix 1: Aivazovsky & his public; title: Aivazovsky's signatures; title: Appendix 2: Chronological list of the paintings illustrated; title: Appendix 3: List of Aivazovsky's paintings in Soviet collections in 1962; title: Appendix 4: List of Aivazovsky's paintings executed before 1893, compiled by his biographer N.P. Sobko during the artist's lifetime; title: A note on sources; title: Selected bibliography; title: Notes; title: Index