In the days of pastoral,nomadic peoples, long before railway tracks and modern roads existed, it was rivers, lakes and seas that provided the means of transportation, irrigated fields, and provided a way for people to travel.

Waters of life recaptures the impressions of water in the works held at the Russian State Museum of Russian Painters, from the century onward. Amongst the paintings are works by Sylvester Shechedrin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Polenov, Arkhipov and Repin.Sutherland Lyall narrates vividly and elegantly the exciting and varied appearance of water in the world of Russian art. He invites the reader to discover something of the historv and customs of this vast country and provides an insight into Russian painting.

WATER AND ITS SYMBOLISM

RUSSIAN CITIES AND WATERS

THE GREAT EUROPEAN

LANDSCAPE PRECURSORS

OCEANS

THE NATURAL WATERSCAPE

THE SNOWS OF CHANGE

SPECATACLE AND THE FAR SOUTH