Professional Affiliation

Professor, University of Southern California

Wilson Center Project

The Russian Decorative Arts, 1881 - 1914

Project Summary

The Russian decorative arts of the find de siecle. Focus on what is known variously as Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, and the style moderne--especially to the commercial application and dissemination of that style and to the intellectual and social ambience that nurtured and consumed it.