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Between Heaven and Hell, a Thousand Years of the Russian Artistic Experience by W. Bruce Lincoln Published by Viking Press New York 1998 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Book/DJ Condition: AN/AN 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 511 pp; How did a country with such a tormented past bring such stunning works of art into being? America's leading Russian historian, W. Bruce Lincoln, finds answers in a land uniquely suspended between East and West, past and future, sacred and secular, and in its suppressed artists' creative search for identity and inner freedom under tyranny. Examining Russia's masterpieces through the prism of its social and political history, Between Heaven and Hell synthesizes accounts of music, painting, architecture, literature, iconography, ballet, and cinema into a gripping saga. Transforming exhaustive archival research into a passionate story, this gorgeously illustrated volume brims with the silent mysteries of Byzantine Christianit y, the dazzling Imperial splendor of the czars, and the poignant return of brutalized exiles to their homelands. The roster of artists--Push kin, Tolstoy, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Kandinsky, Pavlova, Chagall, Pasternak--carries straight through to the contemporary ordeals of Solzhenitsyn and Brodsky. A fabulous gift for Russophiles, history buffs, and connoisseurs of all the arts, Between Heaven and Hell shows how the collision of social contradictions, imported art forms, and creative genius gave birth to the quintessential Russian experience. Book is new, ordered direct from distributor. No remainder marks. Retail price was written in pencil on end page but has since been erased. DJ unclipped. ISBN: 0670875686 Keywords: n/a

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