Editing Art Nouveau (section)

===''Modern'' in Russia===
{{Main|Mir Iskusstva|Ballets Russes|Art Nouveau architecture in Russia}}
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File:Fabergé egg Rome 03.JPG|An Art Nouveau [[Fabergé egg]]{{refn|group=nb|Made as an Easter gift from Emperor [[Nicholas II of Russia]] to his wife|note}} (1898)
File:Firebird.jpg|Illustration of the ''[[Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf|Firebird]]'' by [[Ivan Bilibin]] (1899)
File:Sergueï vassilievitch malioutine per manifatture di talachkino, coppia di sedie, smolensk 1900 ca.JPG|Chairs by [[Sergey Malyutin]] ({{circa|1900}}), Talashkino Art Colony
File:Bogatyr fireplace (M.Vrubel, GTG) by shakko.jpg|Ceramic fireplace on Russian folklore theme by [[Mikhail Vrubel]] (1908)
File:Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) 02 by L. Bakst 2.jpg|Set for [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s ballet ''[[Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)|Sheherazade]]'' by [[Léon Bakst]] (1910)
File:Bakst Nizhinsky.jpg|Program design for ''Afternoon of a Faun'' by Bakst for [[Ballets Russes]] (1912)
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{{lang|ru|Модерн}} ('Modern') was a very colourful Russian variation of Art Nouveau which appeared in Moscow and [[Saint Petersburg]] in 1898 with the publication of a new art journal, {{lang|ru|Мир искусства}} (''[[Mir Iskusstva]]'', 'The World of Art'), by Russian artists [[Alexandre Benois]] and [[Léon Bakst]], and chief editor [[Sergei Diaghilev]]. The magazine organized exhibitions of leading Russian artists, including [[Mikhail Vrubel]], [[Konstantin Somov]], [[Isaac Levitan]], and the book illustrator [[Ivan Bilibin]]. The World of Art style made less use of the vegetal and floral forms of French Art Nouveau; it drew heavily upon the bright colours and exotic designs of Russian folklore and fairy tales. The most influential contribution of the ''Mir Iskusstva'' was the creation of a new ballet company, the {{lang|fr|italic=unset|[[Ballets Russes]]}}, headed by Diaghilev, with costumes and sets designed by Bakst and Benois. The new ballet company premiered in Paris in 1909, and performed there every year through 1913. The exotic and colourful sets designed by Benois and Bakst had a major impact on French art and design. The costume and set designs were reproduced in the leading Paris magazines, {{lang|fr|[[L'Illustration]]}}, {{lang|fr|[[La Vie Parisienne (magazine)|La Vie parisienne]]}} and {{lang|fr|[[Gazette du Bon Ton|Gazette du bon ton]]}}, and the Russian style became known in Paris as {{lang|fr|à la Bakst}}. The company was stranded in Paris first by the outbreak of World War I, and then by the [[Russian Revolution]] in 1917, and ironically never performed in Russia.<ref>Duncan, Alistair, ''Art Déco'', Thames and Hudson (1988), pp. 147–48</ref>

Of Russian architects, the most prominent in the pure Art Nouveau style was [[Fyodor Schechtel]]. The most famous example is the [[Gorky Museum|Ryabushinsky House]] in Moscow. It was built by a Russian businessman and newspaper owner, and then, after the [[Russian Revolution]], became the residence of the writer [[Maxim Gorky]], and is now the [[Gorky Museum]]. Its main staircase, made of a polished aggregate of concrete, marble and granite, has flowing, curling lines like the waves of the sea, and is illuminated by a lamp in the form of a floating jellyfish. The interior also features doors, windows and ceiling decorated with colorful frescoes of mosaic.{{Sfn|Fahr-Becker|2015|pp=189–192}} Schechtel, who is also considered a major figure in [[Russian symbolism]], designed several other landmark buildings in Moscow, including the rebuilding of the [[Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station]], in a more traditional Moscow revival style.{{Sfn|Fahr-Becker|2015|pp=189–192}}

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File:Wiki Metropol Hotel Moscow Artwork 2.jpg|Façade of the [[Hotel Metropol (Moscow)|Hotel Metropol]] in [[Moscow]] with mosaics by [[Mikhail Vrubel]] (1899–1907)
File:Особняк Рябушинского02.JPG|[[Gorky Museum|Ryabushinsky House]] in Moscow by [[Fyodor Schechtel]] (1900)
File:Moscow. Ryabushinsky House. Interiors. Main stairs - 028.JPG|Main staircase of [[Gorky Museum|Ryabushinsky House]] in Moscow by Schechtel (1900)
File:Teremok (Talashkino; 2013-11-10) 02.JPG|Teremok House in [[Talashkino]], a [[Russian Revival]] work by [[Sergey Malyutin]] (1901–02)
File:Церковь во имя Святого Духа (1903-1906).jpg|Holy Spirit Church in Talashkino by Malyutin (1903–1906)
File:Singer House SPB 01.jpg|[[Singer House]] in [[Saint-Petersburg]] by [[Pavel Suzor]] (1904)
File:Singer House Saint Petersburg bronze decoration detail.jpg|[[Cartouche (design)|Cartouche]] with a [[mascaron (architecture)|mascaron]], on the façade of the Singer House
File:Moscow 05-2012 PertsovaHouse.jpg|Pertsova House in Moscow by Malyutin (1905–1907)
File:Belmond Grand Hotel Europe Saint Petersburg Dining room stained glass.jpg|Dining room of the [[Grand Hotel Europe]] in Saint Petersburg (1910)
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Other Russian architects of the period created [[Russian Revival architecture]], which drew from historic [[Russian architecture]]. These buildings were created mostly in wood, and referred to the [[Architecture of Kievan Rus']].  One example is the Teremok House in [[Talashkino]] (1901–1902) by [[Sergey Malyutin]], and Pertsova House (also known as Pertsov House) in Moscow (1905–1907). He also was a member of [[Mir iskusstva]] movement.  The [[Saint Petersburg]] architect [[Nikolai Vasilyevich Vasilyev|Nikolai Vasilyev]] built in a range of styles before emigrating in 1923. This building is most notable for stone carvings made by Sergei Vashkov inspired by the carvings of [[Cathedral of Saint Demetrius]] in [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]] and [[Saint George Cathedral, Yuryev-Polsky|Saint George Cathedral in Yuryev-Polsky]] of the 12th and 13th centuries. Another example of this Russian Revival architecture is the [[Marfo-Mariinsky Convent]] (1908–1912), an updated Russian Orthodox Church by [[Alexey Shchusev]], who later, ironically, designed [[Lenin's Mausoleum]] in Moscow.

Several art colonies in Russia in this period were built in the [[Russian Revival architecture|Russian Revival]] style.  The two best-known colonies were [[Abramtsevo Colony|Abramtsevo]], funded by [[Savva Mamontov]], and [[Talashkino]], [[Smolensk Governorate]], funded by [[Princess Maria Tenisheva]].