Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in the Context of Symbolism

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210813.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The Silver Age, synthesis of arts, Sergei Diaghilev’s activity, The Ballets Russes in Paris, Magazines Mir Iskusstva and The Yearbook of the Imperial Theatres, Symbolism as a philosophy of life

Abstract

The present article focuses on the artistic culture of the Silver Age and the remarkable creative atmosphere of Russia at the turn of the 20th century characterized by the synthesis of arts: drama, opera, ballet, and scenography. A key figure of the period was Sergei Diaghilev, the editor and publisher of the magazines Mir Iskusstva (World of Art) and The Yearbook of the Imperial Theatres, the founder of the famous Ballets Russes in Paris, the organizer of exhibitions of Russian artists of different schools and movements. The article studies the features of Symbolism as an artistic movement and philosophy of art of the Silver Age, a spiritual quest of artistic people of the time, and related and divergent interests of representatives of different schools and trends. The Silver Age is considered the most sophisticated and creative period of Russian culture, the time of efflorescence, human spirit, creativity, the rise of social forces, general renewal, in other words, Russian spiritual and cultural renaissance.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Andrey Konovalov
AU  - Liudmila Mikheeva
AU  - Yulia Gushchina
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/17
TI  - Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in the Context of Symbolism
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 5
EP  - 10
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210813.002
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210813.002
ID  - Konovalov2021
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