Konstantin Makovsky
Subtitle: the Tsar's painter in America and Paris
By: Wendy Salmond, Russell E. Martin, Wilfried Zeisler
Contributors: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781907804700
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: "This is a fresh perspective on the art and career of Russian-born artist Konstantin Makovksy, and the wider nineteenth-century enthusiasm for medieval Russian culture. Monumental in scale and rich in exotic detail, Makovsky's canvases depicting the life of Boyar nobility, had an extraordinary appeal in America where they toured the nation. This book presents, in beautiful detail, the story behind these remarkable paintings. Wendy Salmond is professor of art and art history, Chapman University, Orange, California. Wilfried Zeisler is the associate curator of nineteenth-century art, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington, DC. Russell E. Martin is professor of history, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania."--

"Positions artist Konstantin Makovsky's paintings on Boyar themes at the crossroads between late Imperial St. Petersburg, Belle-Epoque Paris, and America during the Gilded Age"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-139) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Makovsky's Russian Milieu / Wendy Salmond; title: The Artist as Historian: Makovsky's Historical Sources and Artistic Message / Russell E. Martin; title: Makovsky in Paris / Wilfried Zeisler; title: Makovsky in America / Wendy Salmond; title: Notes; title: Selected Bibliography; title: Index.