August 21, 2001 Music During the Soviet Regime By Linda DeLaine Great composers of 20th century Russia. This feature includes four MIDI sound files of well-known works. Art Culture
July 03, 2001 Amber Room By Linda DeLaine This gift from Germany to Peter I, taken away by Nazi Germany and feared to be lost forever to history has been partially reconstructed. Art History
June 23, 2001 Book Picks - Folklore By Linda DeLaine Editor's choice of books about Russian folklore and folktales. Art Literature
May 14, 2001 Andrey Rublev By Linda DeLaine The author of the Old Testament Trinityicon; his life and other works. Art History Religion
January 16, 2001 Russian Ladies of the Avant-garde By Linda DeLaine Set against the backdrop of revolution and civil war the Avant-garde period in Russia was very dynamic. In honor of International Women's Day (March 8), we take a look at the lives and works of six very special Avant-garde artists. Art Culture Women
January 15, 2001 Russian Icons By Linda DeLaine A discussion of this unique spiritual art form with many colorful examples. Art Religion
August 15, 2000 Nina Novikova, St. Petersburg Artist By Linda DeLaine The life and works of this thirty-eight year old, single mother and wonderful artist. Art Culture
June 03, 2000 Golden Khokhloma By Linda DeLaine Unique and enchanting folk art from the region of Transvolga. Art Regions
March 01, 2000 Portraits of St. Petersburg Thirty years ago, Valentin Baranovsky began to take pictures of both everyday life and major events in his home town. This became a unique one-man artistic project to document three decades of St.Petersburg life. The photographs, to be presented in book form and through exhibitions, date from 1970 to 2000. Art History
February 06, 2000 Shawls of Pavlovsky Posad By Linda DeLaine From a land not known for high fashion and which many Westerners think is filled with gray clad babushkas, the Pavlovsky Posad shawls come as quite a surprise. Art
January 10, 2000 All that Glitters . . . Or Something More? By Linda DeLaine Why are we so fascinated with the lavish and expensive creations of the House of Faberge? Art
Sculpture, Painting and Music By Nikolai Gogol Written in 1834 and published the next year in Gogol’s collection of essays Arabesques, this brief statement compares and ranks the three titular arts. Curiously, Gogol pays little attention to verbal art, focusing instead on the transcendent qualities he sees in music. Art
