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Nicholas Roerich: The Artist Who Would Be King

Nicholas Roerich: The Artist Who Would Be King - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:John McCannonSeries:Russian and East European StudiesPublish date:2022-11-15Pages:736
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822947417ISBN-10:822947412UPC:9780822947417Book Category:History, ArtBook Subcategory:Russia, Russian & Soviet, EuropeanSize:8.40 x 8.10 x 2.70 inchesWeight:3.1019Product ID:SCV9BT9T6X
Russian painter, explorer, and mystic Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) ranks as one of the twentieth century's great enigmas. Despite mystery and scandal, he left a deep, if understudied, cultural imprint on Russia, Europe, India, and America. As a painter and set designer Roerich was a key figure in Russian art. He became a major player in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, and with Igor Stravinsky he...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822947417ISBN-10:822947412UPC:9780822947417Book Category:History, ArtBook Subcategory:Russia, Russian & Soviet, EuropeanSize:8.40 x 8.10 x 2.70 inchesWeight:3.1019Product ID:SCV9BT9T6X

John McCannon is professor of history at Southern New Hampshire University and the author of many works on modern Russia and remote regions, including Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939 and A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration, and Exploitation.


Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

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