The Arts

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Ukrainian Drama and Theater in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Paulina Lewin

Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 2008
ISBN 978-1894865098

The first English-language general history of the subject.

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Mapping Postcommunist Cultures. Russia and Ukraine in the Context of Globalization

Vitaly Chernetsky

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007
ISBN 978-0773531239

A critical review of the cultural innovations emerging from the two major national cultures of the former communist world, focusing on new cultural developments in literature, architecture, painting, film, and performance art.

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Alexander Dovzhenko. A Life in Soviet Film

George O. Liber

London: British Film Institute Publishing, 2002
ISBN 0-85170-927-3

The first definitive account of the personal and professional life of Dovzhenko (1894-1956), a Ukrainian film director who became a pioneer of Soviet film-making and one of the world's major film-makers of the 20th century.

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The Ukrainian Icon. 11th - 18th centuries. From Byzantine sources to the Baroque

Liudmilla Milyaeva

Bournemouth: Parkstone Press, 1996
ISBN 1859952410

An outline of the development of the Ukrainian icon from the introduction of Byzantine influences in the 10th century through the next eight centuries, richly illustrated with examples of icons and iconostases in full colour.

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Ukrainian Musical Elements in Classical Music

Yakov Soroker

Edmonton - Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1995
ISBN 1-895571-06-5

The first comprehensive account of the influence of Ukrainian motifs on the classical music of Europe and Russia from the 18th century to the first half of the 20th.

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Ukrainian Arts

Compiled by Olya Dmytriw, edited by Anne Mitz

New York: Ukrainian Youth League of North America, Inc, 1955

A compilation of articles by Ukrainian and American scholars covering various aspects of Ukrainian arts: architecture, music, literature, fine art, embroidery, folk dress, tapestries, Easter egg decoration, ceramics and woodcarving.