The All-Russian and Soviet Art Thread

[Royal-Galliano]

unknown editorial, year, models...
photographed by Paolo Zambaldi for Vogue Russia


artsphere.fr

[Royal-Galliano]

photography by eugenio recuenco
models danila polyakov & unknowns



modelhommes

[sister vladapeg]

Thanks Auxt for your post yesterday of the original amber room and the interesting vid. Here are my pics of the outside of the palace at Tsarkoe Selo and the restored amber room inside it. This is the largest palace in Russia and the only way to get it all in one pic is to shoot it from 6 miles away. btw, if the last pic looks blurred, it isn't. It's the reflection of the amber that makes it look that way.

[espritDEcouture]

Originally Posted by Royal-Galliano

oh, dont get me started on russian fairtales. they were like my second breast-feed.
mine was called "krasota bezgranichnaya" ("the immense beauty")

At the risk of sounding very lame: there was one that resembled very much of the story of Harry Potter and the Horcruxes whose name or gist I have forgotten. I'll try to find it later.

[MissMagAddict]

Vogue Italia September 1998
Poupées Russes
Styled by Alice Gentilucci
Photographed by Paolo Roversi





source | scanned by MMA

[espritDEcouture]

^That's what I referred to earlier! Still, one of my all-time favorite eds!

Originally Posted by espritDEcouture

At the risk of sounding very lame: there was one that resembled very much of the story of Harry Potter and the Horcruxes whose name or gist I have forgotten. I'll try to find it later.

And I can't seem to find this. ^ That's what I get for reading it off of wikipedia.

[gius]

wow post #63 and some others before..
the Russians have quite an unusual taste for architecture
ie. the amber room
it is so decadent
was there any name for this style? i see it's totally opposite from brutalist
there is still that emphasis on ornament on both

this one has dome ceilings that taper to points.. so strange..
anyone know more info about it? i wonder if it references any past architecture..
often styles/design movements will do that

more pictures of St. Basil's Cathedral (built in the 1550s)


(detail)

from studyrussian, csupumona.edu, moscowdailyshot.blogspot |

& here's a really large shot...

[MissMagAddict]

L'Uomo Vogue December 2006
People In St. Petersburg
by Inna Novikova
Styled by Robert Rabensteiner
Photographed by Deborah Turbeville








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[MissMagAddict]

Russian Vogue October 1998
The Wood Tale
Devon Aoki
Styled by Venetia Scott
Photographed by Juergen Teller






source | scanned by ASF

[Royal-Galliano]

[espritDEcouture]

I know Teen Vogue did a cute ed in Moscow (or was it Petersburg???) a year or so ago. I'll try to post it once I have more time....

[auxt]

Originally Posted by sister vladapeg

Here are my pics of the outside of the palace at Tsarkoe Selo and the restored amber room inside it.

Wow, thanks sister vladapeg, the restored room must have been an amazing sight in person. I like the blue on the outside of the palace, too.

[Guessgirl96]

Yay Russia

Except for chernobyl that we lived kind of close to

[Jetsetgirl]

I always wanted to see those metro stations in "person"! So beautiful!
Great thread!

[indie]

My favorite era was the realistic part...there is this art museum in Estonia that opened few years ago, and the big, detailed paintings won me over...