Rare Soviet Folk Art Book: Peasant Art – Vasily Voronov | Tsar to Soviet Books
Rare Soviet Folk Art Book: Peasant Art – Vasily Voronov | Tsar to Soviet Books
Rare Soviet Folk Art Corpus: "Peasant Art" by Vasily Voronov
Product Overview For scholars of Slavic ethnography, folk craft artisans, and collectors of Soviet art publications, this original Soviet hardcover monograph is an essential primary reference. Peasant Art (Крестьянское искусство) compiles the lifelong research of pioneer art historian Vasily Sergeyevich Voronov (В. С. Воронов, 1887–1940).
Preserved with its original dust jacket depicting an 18th/19th-century Gorodets distaff painting, this 350+ page volume includes Voronov's published classics alongside his archival studies on distaffs and gingerbread boards, complete with an English biographical essay and bilingual captions.
Wood Carving, Russian Distaffs, Embroidery & Gingerbread Boards This volume surveys traditional Russian peasant applied arts:
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Folk Woodworking & Distaffs (Прялки): Structural and symbolic analyses of Gorodets inlaid distaff seats (донце), Northern carved distaffs, Mezen painted patterns, and ceremonial sledges.
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Gingerbread Boards (Пряничные доски): Relief-carved wooden molds for traditional Russian printed gingerbreads.
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Textiles & Embroidery: Detailed plates of 18th- and 19th-century Northern Russian valances, towel borders, Kargopol embroidery motifs, and wooden textile block-printing (набойка).
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Metalwork & Masters: Covers nielloed silverwork by master M. P. Chirkov and decorative folk painting by master craftsman I. A. Mazin.
Complete Bibliographic Specifications
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Title: Крестьянское искусство (Peasant Art)
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Author: Vasily Sergeyevich Voronov (В. С. Воронов)
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Introductory Article: T. Razina (Т. Разина)
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Languages: Russian (with complete English biographical summary, table of contents, and parallel image list)
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Binding: Original publisher's hardcover with illustrated dust jacket
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Page Count: 350+ pages, illustrated
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Classification: Russian Ethnography / Folk Art & Handicrafts / Slavic Wood Carving & Embroidery
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