The World of Art and Diaghilev's Painters

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The World of Art and Diaghilev's Painters is written by Vsevolod Petrov and published by Parkstone International. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1644618818 (ISBN 10) and 9781644618813 (ISBN 13).

When, almost twenty years ago, we founded the World of Art, we had a burning desire to liberate Russian artistic activity from the tutelage of literature, to instil in the society around us a love of the very essence of art, and that was the aim we had when we took the field. We considered enemies all those “who fail to respect art as such”, those who either fasten wings to an old nag or harness Pegasus to the cart of “social ideals”, or reject the idea of Pegasus altogether. For that reason, we addressed ourselves to the artistic world with the slogan “Talents of all directions, unite!” And that is how in our ranks Vrubel immediately appeared alongside Levitan, Bakst alongside Serov, Somov alongside Maliavin. – Alexander Benois