xii, 511 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [451]-496) and index.
Contents
Prologue -- Genesis -- Holy Moscow -- Russia's secular revolution -- The age of Elizabeth -- The arts and Catherine the Great -- Trappings of empire -- Russia's Romantic age -- The rise of realism -- The Mighty Handful and Chaikovskii -- Art in the name of the people -- Imperial twilight -- The birth of the avant-garde -- Seeking new visions -- The utopia of socialist realism -- Émigrés against utopia -- Utopia's opponents at home -- Merging currents.