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Mir iskusstva - World of Art


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'Mir iskusstva' - Мир иску́сства- , or 'World of Art'
in English, was a Russian artistic movement inspired
(and embodied) by an art magazine which was a
major influence on the Russians who helped
revolutionize European art during the first decade
of the 20th century. Few Western Europeans
actually saw issues of the magazine itself.

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Design from Mir iskusstva, 1903
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Title page of 'Mir iskusstva' 1899 vol.2, no.13-24,
by Maria Iakunchikova (1870-1902)
Марии Васильевны Якунчиковой
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Akseli Gallen Kallela (1865-1931)
Drawings for Mir iskusstva, vol. 1, 1899
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