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The General History of Russian Art in 22 volumes is a fundamental project, which has no precedents in the history of the Russian art studies. It is conceived as a comprehensive art history, involving not only architecture, visual, decorative, and applied arts, but also music, theatre, fashion, photography, cinema, and entertainments.
Tamara Talbot Rice, the greatest english authority on Russian art, has set out to cover the entire subject from its beginnings in tenth-century Kiev, the Byzantine-influenced cradle of Russian culture, to the post-revolutionary period, and death of the great patron, Diagilhev.
However, the book tries to cover some 1000 years of Russian art (including folk art, architecture, sculpture and painting among others) in 250 pages, many of which are illustrations. Primarily because of this, reading the book is kind of like touring the Hermitage in an hour.
25 kwi 2017 · One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Revolution: Russian Art, 1917–1932 explores one of the most momentous periods in modern world history through its groundbreaking art.
10 kwi 2024 · Russian art boasts a rich diversity from ancient religious icons to contemporary movements. Notable art periods reflect Russia’s historical changes and societal shifts. Russian artists and institutions continue to shape and preserve the nation’s cultural identity.
Summary: The two faces of Russian art, one looking towards Europe, the other towards Asia, are a vivid symbol of Russia herself. Beginning in 10th century Kiev with complete dependance on Byzantine models, she evolved in the succeeding centuries a vigorous and highly individual style both in architecture and painting, of which the most lasting ...
“By 1937 Soviet standards, mementos of Russian history before the 1917 revolution were irrelevant. Even the suggestion that china, jewelry, or furniture created for the imperial palaces of the tsars was worth more than its weight in gold might be construed as anti-Soviet propaganda.”
