This book addresses the little-studied area of Russian genre painting in the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century. Rosalind Gray begins by examining artistic patronage and published texts which engaged with the visual arts, in order to illustrate the context in which Russian artists were working. Five major painters - Venetsianov, Bryullov, Ivanov, Fedotov and Perov - are then discussed in detail. Dr Gray identifies the vital contribution which these artists made to Russian intellectual life, as genre painting was appropriated as a medium in the dissemination of popular values and social change. At the same time, the relationship between Russian and European art is explored. The book demonstrates that, far from being a self-contained movement, Russian genre painting instead engaged in a fluid and complex dialogue with the art of the West.
| ISBN: | 9780198208754 |
| Publication date: | 12th October 2000 |
| Author: | Dr Rosalind Lecturer in the History and Theory of Art, Lecturer in the History and Theory of Art, University of Kent at Gray |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Historical Monographs |
| Genres: |
History of art Paintings and painting |
This book addresses the little-studied area of Russian genre painting in the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century. Rosalind Gray begins by examining artistic patronage and published texts which engaged with the visual arts, in order to illustrate the context in which Russian artists were working. Five major painters - Venetsianov, Bryullov, Ivanov, Fedotov and Perov - are then discussed in detail. Dr Gray identifies the vital contribution which these artists made to Russian intellectual life, as genre painting was appropriated as a medium in the dissemination of popular values and social change. At the same time, the relationship between Russian and European art is explored. The book demonstrates that, far from being a self-contained movement, Russian genre painting instead engaged in a fluid and complex dialogue with the art of the West.
Russian Genre Painting in the Nineteenth Century features in the following genres: History of art, Paintings and painting
Russian Genre Painting in the Nineteenth Century is available in Hardback
Russian Genre Painting in the Nineteenth Century was written by Dr Rosalind Lecturer in the History and Theory of Art, Lecturer in the History and Theory of Art, University of Kent at Gray and published by Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press
Russian Genre Painting in the Nineteenth Century has 236 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford Historical Monographs series
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