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Showing posts with label russian. Show all posts
Children's Books: Mayakovsky, Part 2
A 1945 edition of Mayakovsky's poem "Возьмем винтовки новые" ("Let Us Take the New Rifles") at KidPix. I have earlier linked to a later edition...
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Art: Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky
Alexander Sakharoff, portrait by Alexej von Jawlensky, 1909
"Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941) was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a member of the New Munich Artist's Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group and later the Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four)." - Wikipedia
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Photo: Now and Then
Pieces of old photos from “The Siege of Leningrad", 1941-44, laid over photos of the modern city (now St Petersburg), taken at the same place and in the same angle. Made by Sergei Larenkov.
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Design: Russian Book Jackets, 1917-1942
Russian Book Jackets, 1917-1942. I bookmarked this some time ago and I believe I found it via Growabrain. If you think that NYPLDG's collection is too much to browse through here are nineteen of my favorites (recommended) and below they are shown, for the really lazy of you, in a picture-play.
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