#benois

[alessandro55]

Set and costume designs

The Thyssen-Bornemisza collection

Alexander Schouvaloff, Intr. Serge Lifar

P.Wilson, London 1987, 268 pages, 25x30cm, ISBN 085 667 3153 , copy n.4770

euro 60,00

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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.

In addition to works by Bakst, the collection includes drawings by George Barbier, Alexandre Benois, Erte, Alexandra Exter, Nathalie Gontcharova, Michel Larionov, Jose de Zamora and others.

30/09/29

[vintage-russia]

"Russian traditional costume" (1969)

Illustrations by Nina Vinogradova-Benois (1936-1986)

[random-brushstrokes]

Alexandre Benois - The Chinese Pavilion (1906)

[sunflowercandie]

The submarine full of rich people getting stuck at the bottom of the ocean as they go to see the RMS Titanic shouldn't sound like a Knives Out plot but it does it really does

[landschaftsmalerei]

Landschaft von Albert Nikolaevich Benois 

[possessedopossum]

The implications of romancing Lucanis make me unwell [Spoilers]

Being in love with the first talon of the crows is like drawing a target on your own forehead. Whoever Rook is, they will always be a way for Lucanis' enemies to get at him. By loving him, Rook basically agrees to a possibility of becoming a pawn in the crows' fight for power. Maybe even its victim.

And Lucanis knows that. Losing 11 (!) relatives during the succession crisis must be one of the many reasons he's afraid to commit. And such crises tend to occur pretty often - like a half of the talons died in tevinter nights. House Kortez was destroyed for treason. Crow Rook is also from a different house. The possibilities for soul-crushing choices are limitless. What if Rook will be forced to choose between house de Riva and house Dellamorte? Or worse, what if they will be forced to choose between Lucanis' life and the stability of antivan crows?

Viago will probably be fine without Rook's help. But what of Lucanis? He lacks Illario's charm and tongue. He is not as scary as Caterina is. He is nowhere as ruthless as cruel as other talons can be. He is an excellent professional but is he a leader? He knows that he isn't. Either the crows will be forced to change because of Lucanis, Teia and Viago, or all three of them are gonna die terrible deaths. Or four, if Rook is also there.

Not to be too dramatic but Rook, especially crow Rook who knows everything is there to know about the crows' politics, must be sitting somewhere in the Lighthouse and thinking: "Damn. I am definitely gonna die. Even if I survive the evanuris bullshit, I am still dying in the worst way possible. Maybe there will be only ring left as a message or maybe my body will be so badly disfigured that leaving only a ring would seem like mercy. I guess I do like walking too close to the edge".

Rook is so fucking stupid and that's why they are the best. People who think the game is not dark enough need to shut the fuck up and maybe think for a second. Rook's optimism in the face of existential dread brings out the contrast between light and dark beautifully.

[permament-witzelsucht]

Alexandre Benois, Series: Peterhof Palace (c.1900)

Grand Cascade

Lion cascade and colonnade

Merchant staircase at the Grand Palace

Mon Plaisir. Medium room.

Vases at the channel

[mirellabruno]

alexandre-benois Dancer in the procession of the Chinese emperor. Costume design for Stravinsky’s opera “Nightingale”, 1914, Alexandre Benois Medium: graphite,watercolor,paper

[lux-vitae]

The Grand Cascade at Peterhof Palace by Alexandre Benois (1901)

[fashionbooksmilano]

Il costume teatrale tra realismo e finzione

I costumi storici del Teatro alla Scala dagli anni '30 agli annni '60

a cura di Francesca Colombo e Christian Silva

Teatro alla Scala, Milano 2003, 181 pagine , 28,5x28,5cm, english text inside

euro 40,00

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25/10/24

[hiyutekivigil]

versailles. greenhouse, alexandre benois

[plastycznyonline]

Alexandre Benois Versailles at Curtius

[vintage-russia]

Russian costumes (1966).Illustrations by Nina Vinogradova-Benois (1936-1986)

[random-brushstrokes]

Alexandre Benois - Petrushka drop curtain (1911)

[love1kimono]

Aleksandr Benois, The Chinese Pavillion, The Jealous One, 1906

Aleksandr Benois