TY - BOOK AU - Schouvaloff,Alexander TI - Set and costume designs for ballet and theatre T2 - The Thyssen-Bornemisza collection SN - 0856673153 PY - 1987/// CY - London PB - General Editor Simon de Pury, Sotheby's Publications KW - Thyssen-Bornemisza KW - Ballets russes KW - Figurins KW - Dansa clàssica KW - Catàlegs KW - Escenografia i escenificacions N1 - Reprodueix figurins i esbossos escenogràfics de Léon Bakst, George Barbier, Alexandre Benois, Nicolas Benois, Lucien Bertaux, Erté, Alexandra Exter, Nathalie Gontcharova, Michel Larionov, Jacques Manuel, Willuska Talera, José de Zamora; Bibliografia p. 260-263. Índex p. 265-268; Cronologia p. 247-259 N2 - "During his lifetime the late Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza acquired a collection of over fifty drawings - largely of set and costume designs - reflecting the theatre of the first half of the twentieth century, and particularly the ballet, during what was surely its most exciting and innovative period. Twenty-two of these drawings are by Leon Bakst, perhaps the most famous of all theatrical designers, whose revolutionary designs for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes played such a major part in the impact that company made during the years 1909-1929" - Amazon ER -