On [:] Laughter | Mikhail Bakhtin, 1965
Konstantin Somov, Two Masks (Pair on the Eve of the Carnival), 1930 “The principle of laughter and the carnival spirit...
USSR
Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva | Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1928
Tatyana Yakovleva, 1906-1991 In the kiss of hands lips, in body tremors close to me red Colour my republics too should...
On [:] Lie | Leonid Andreyev, 1919
Foldout head. The anatomy of the human head and neck, 1895 . “And what kind of a liar is he...
Tolstoy’s illness is beyond me | A Letter by Anton Chekhov, 1900
Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy in Gaspra, Crimea, 1901 To Mikhail Osipovich Yalta, January 28, 1900 Dear Mikhail Osipovich, Tolstoy’s...
Alphabetarion # Spectator | Isaac Babel, 1894-1940
Toy Theatre . “For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator...
Painters [*/ ) The Ukrainian Avant-garde painter Anatol Petrytsky, 1920s
Anatol Petrytsky, Sketch of a male costume for the opera by G. Rossini, 1927 / Anatol Petrytsky, Prince Igor. A Sketch...
Book//mark – Zoo, or Letters Not About Love | Viktor Shklovsky, 1923
Zoo, or Letters Not About Love, 1923 ...
Days [ ) Imprison | Alexander Blok, 1880-1921
George Fiske, Among the Pines, 1880s . "The pine trees imprison me in their dark destiny." Alexander Blok, from...
Days [ ) Autumn | Alexander Pushkin, 1833
Frances Mortimer, Reflection, Paris, 1950 . “Each time that autumn comes I bloom afresh,” Alexander Pushkin, from Autumn (A Fragment),...
The Lady Unknown | A poem by Alexander Blok, 1907
Kees van Dongen, Lady in a Black Hat, 1908 Of evenings hangs above the restaurantA humid, wild and heavy air.The...