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Exhibition Review
Crafting the Ballets Russes. Music, Dance, Design: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 419-417
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Reviewer:
Zafran, Eric (Zafran, Eric)
Subjects
subjects:
Ballets Russes / Nijinsky, Vaslav, dancer / Design / Sets (architectural components)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Crafting the Ballets Russes. Music, Dance, Design: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection By Robinson McClellan and Lynn Garafola. 144 pp. incl. 120 col. ills. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York, and D. Giles, London, 2024), £30. ISBN 978–1–913875–67–1. | :
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Attributed works:
15. Costume design for a moujik in Petrouchka, by Alexandre Benois. Gouache and black ink with graphite on paper, 31.1 by 23 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
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16. Costume for Bronislava Nijinska in Fear, by Vadym Meller. 1919. Opaque water-based media on paper, 62.2 by 43.2 cm. (Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Library of Congress, Washington).
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17. Curtain design for Les Noces, by Natalia Goncharova. 1915. Opaque watercolour over graphite, 45.7 by 55.9 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Book Review
Matisse and Decoration. By John Klein
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 464-465
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Reviewer:
Buchberg, Karl (Buchberg, Karl)
Subjects
artists:
Matisse, Henri
media:
Textiles / Ceramics / Stained glass / Costume / Sets (architectural components)
subjects:
Decorative arts / Commissions / French art
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subjects:
Matisse and Decoration By John Klein. 272 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018),  45. ISBN 978–0–300–13564–0. | :
Article
The Designs for the First Movable Scenery on the English Public Stage (Continued)
05/1914 | 134 | 25
Pages: 85-87+90-93+95-98
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Author:
Keith, William Grant (Keith, William Grant; Keith, W. Grant; K., W. G.)
Subjects
artists:
Webb, John, architect, 1611-1672
buildings:
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Great Britain
dates:
1600-1649
places:
England / London
subjects:
Theatre (discipline) / Theatre design / Sets (architectural components) / Plays (representations) / D’Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668
Illustrations
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Figure 3.-Key to Section of Rutland House Stage (Fig. 2). A′: Backing to Proscenium. B′, C′ D′: The Side Scenes. E, 1, 2, 3, 4: The Back Shutters. G, 1, 2: The "Releive" Scenes". H: The Back Cloth. K, L, M, N: Upper Scenes.
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Figure 4.-Key to Plan of Rutland House Stage (Fig. 1 A, A′: Backing to Proscenium. B, B′; C, C′; D, D′: The Side Scenes. E, 1, 2, 3, 4: The Back Scenes, or Shutters. F, F′: Stops for the Back Shutters. G, 1, 2: The "Releive" Scenes. H, The Back Cloth. I, Entrance to Stage.
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Plate I. John Webb's Designs for D'Avenant's "Siege of Rhodes". (A) Proscenium and Side Scenes. (B) Act I, Scene I. The Designs of the First Movable Scenery on the English Public Stage
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Plate II. John Webb's Designs for D'Avenant's "Siege of Rhodes". (C) Act II, Scene I. (D) Act III, Scene I. The Designs of the First Movable Scenery on the English Public Stage
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Plate III. John Webb's Designs for D'Avenant's "Siege of Rhodes". (E) Act IV, Scene I. (F) Act V, Scene I. The Designs of the First Movable Scenery on the English Public Stage
Western art unattributed:
Figure 1.-Plan of the Stage at Rutland House
Western art unattributed:
Figure 2.-Section of the Stage at Rutland House (Fig. 1)
Western art unattributed:
Figure 5.-The Duke's Theatre, Dorset Gardens.
Book Review
The Designs for the First Movable Scenery on the English Public Stage
04/1914 | 133 | 25
Pages: 29-33
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Reviewer:
Keith, William Grant (Keith, William Grant; Keith, W. Grant; K., W. G.)
Subjects
artists:
Webb, John, architect, 1611-1672
artists:
Jones, Inigo
dates:
1600-1649
places:
England / London
subjects:
D’Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668 / Theatre (discipline) / Theatre design / Sets (architectural components)
subjects:
Plays (representations)