Léon Bakst, Le Dieu Bleu, 1912
Costume of the bride, Sketch
Reproduced in M. Pozharskaya, The Russian Seasons in Paris, Moscow, 1988
Plate 20
Le Dieu Bleu, 1912
Tamara Karsavina as the Bride
Reproduced in M. Fokine, Protiv Techeniya, Moscow, 1962
Plate 21
Le Dieu Bleu, 1912
Scene from the ballet
Reproduced in M. Fokine, Protiv Techeniya, Moscow, 1962
Plate 22
Le Dieu Bleu, 1912
M. Fokine, Dance Movements
Reproduced in M. Fokine, Protiv Techeniya, Moscow, 1962
Plate 23
Le Dieu Bleu, 1912
Scene from the movie Nijinsky,
Reproduced in Nijinsky, The Film, Ballantine Books, New York,
1980
Plate 24
Le Dieu Bleu, 1912
Scene from the movie Nijinsky,
Reproduced in Nijinsky, The Film, Ballantine Books, New York,
1980
Plate 25
Le Dieu Bleu, 1912
Scene from the movie Nijinsky,
Reproduced in Nijinsky, The Film, Ballantine Books, New York,
1980
Plate 26
Le Dieu Bleu, 1912
Scene from the movie Nijinsky,
Reproduced in Nijinsky, The Film, Ballantine Books, New York,
1980
| Plate 29
Léon Bakst, Le Dieu Bleu, 1912 Costume of Le Dieu Bleu, Sketch Reproduced in M. Pozharskaya, The Russian Seasons in Paris, Moscow, 1988
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Plate 30
Devata headdress, detail from a Bas-relief at Angkor Wat, 1st half of the 12th century. Reproduced in Charles Spencer, Leon Bakst, London, 1973  |
| Plate 31
Léon Bakst in his living room, Paris, 1923 Reproduced in Charles Spencer, Leon Bakst, London, 1973  |
Plate 32
Walking Buddha, 1482, Bronze, Bangkok This is the type if Buddha seen on Bakst’s desk Reproduced in Charles Spencer, Leon Bakst, London, 1973  |
Plate 27
The Ballet Troupe of the Royal Siamese Court,
In St. Petersburg, 1900
Reproduced in Irina Pruzhan, Lev Samoilovich Bakst, Moscow,
1975
Plate 28
Léon Bakst, Siamese Sacred Dance, 1902
State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow
Reproduced in Irina Pruzhan, Lev Samoilovich Bakst, Moscow,
1975
Plate 33
Bakst’s stage design for Le Dieu Bleu (top) can be compared
to
Towers with gigantic faces, detail, Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom,
late 12th - early 13th century.
Reproduced in Charles Spencer, Leon Bakst, London, 1973
Plate 34
Les Orientales, 1910
Nijinsky in a "Siamese" pose,
Photographed in Jacques-Emile Blanche’s garden in Paris, 1910
Reproduced in Lincoln Kirstein, Nijinsky Dancing, London,
1975
Plate 35
Jacques-Emile Blanche, Nijinsky in His
Costume for "Les Orientales",
Oil on canvas, Private collection, London
Reproduced in Lincoln Kirstein, Nijinsky Dancing, London,
1975
