Parution : “The Russian Canvas : Painting in Imperial Russia, 1757–1881.”

BLAKESLEY Rosalind P., The Russian Canvas : Painting in Imperial Russia, 1757–1881, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2016, 380 p.
Présentation de l’éditeur :
The Russian Canvas charts the remarkable rise of Russian painting in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the nature of its relationship with other European schools. Starting with the foundation of the Imperial Academy of the Arts in 1757 and culminating with the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, it details the professionalization and wide-ranging activities of painters against a backdrop of dramatic social and political change. The Imperial Academy formalized artistic training but later became a foil for dissent, as successive generations of painters negotiated their own positions between pan-European engagement and local and national identities. Drawing on original archival research, this groundbreaking book recontextualizes the work of major artists, revives the reputations of others, and explores the complex developments that took Russian painters from provincial anonymity to international acclaim.
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Maxime Georges Métraux (6 avril 2016). Parution : “The Russian Canvas : Painting in Imperial Russia, 1757–1881.” Groupe de Recherche en Histoire de l'Art Moderne. Consulté le 22 avril 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/p62x