Russian Graphics

The world of Russian public notices is fascinating, bizarre and saturated in tragic-comedy: "An old woman. Left home and has not returned. Small, hunchbacked. Wears: a blue dress, red wool cardigan, a white handkerchief with red flowers on her head, grey slippers on her feet. Does not have memory." The ...more

Forewords by Irina Rodimtseva, Truett Latimer, and John W. McCarter, Jr. An icon cover encrusted with rubies and sapphires. A miter festooned with pearls and gold. Two imperial Easter eggs from the Faberg workshop. These are just a few of the objects on view in this breathtaking book of Russian ...more

Leonid Pronenko's work has been featured in more than twenty international exhibitions. He is the author of "Calligraphy for Everybody" (in Russian). Many of his students at the Kuban State University in Krasnodar have gone on to successful careers in design and calligraphy. ...more

Over 1,000 motifs reprinted from a rare book of design first published in France in 1870. Presents ornate Cyrillic and Greek letters, corners, borders, page heads, and more as they appeared in illuminated Russian manuscripts dating from the 10th through the 16th centuries. Royalty-free. ...more

This volume explores the energy and innovation of Russian graphic arts during the period which began with the artistic creativity initiated by Serge Diaghilev at the end of the 19th century and which ended in the mid-1930s with Stalin's contol over the arts. It is a companion volume to the ...more

600 Posters in one book Vintage Russian Poster Soviet Political Poster Military Poster Labour Theme and many more. Russian description only. ...more