The Russian Canvas by Rosalind P Blakesley

The Russian Canvas by Rosalind P Blakesley

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.

‘Drawing on much original research, this study explores the transformation of Russian painting in the late 18th and 19th centuries’ - Apollo
* Apollo *
"Fills a huge hole in Russian art history […] a masterpiece”—Andrew Jameson, Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies Summer 2017 -- Andrew Jameson * Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies *

Rosalind P. Blakesley is reader in Russian and European art at the University of Cambridge.

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ISBN 13	9780300184372
ISBN 10	0300184379
Title	The Russian Canvas
Author	Rosalind P Blakesley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2016-04-24
Number of pages	380
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