THE FINE ART OF RUSSIAN LACQUERED MINIATURES...

THE FINE ART OF RUSSIAN LACQUERED MINIATURES by Vladimir Guliayev, translated from the Russian by Sergei Volynets (Chronicle: $22.95; 287 pp.). Lacquer produces a unusual range of jewel-like colors that Russian artists applied to decorative boxes in styles ranging from copies of Western painting to folk-art motifs. Guliayev’s translation makes this classic study of this recherche art available for the first time to English-speaking audiences.