Tag Archives: Sergei Diaghilev

a rite of spring: the modern mindset of primitive hysteria

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Dave

Pagan rites. It demanded music that would be melodic but simple, spontaneous and immodest. More tribal rite that bourgeois concert. Stravinsky was completing his Firebird ballet in 1910 when he allegedly experienced a vision; a girl chosen to dance herself … Continue reading →

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ERTÉ: THE MAN IN THE ERMINE LOUNGING PAJAMAS

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Dave

In the 1970′s and 1980′s, when he turned his hand to lithographs and serigraphs, he became widely known in the United States. As the Art Deco style came back into fashion, many of his works, including ”The Alphabet” and ”The … Continue reading →

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