Wanderers and Critical Realism in Nineteenth Century Russian Painting - Critical Realism in Nineteenth-Century Russia

Informationen zum Autor David Jackson is Professor of Russian and Scandinavian Art Histories at the School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds Klappentext Russian nineteenth-century society, as seen through the art of the Wanderers, the nation's largest and most successful dissident school of realist painters, provides a fascinating social panorama of the late tsarist period: the land, the people, its times and history. Zusammenfassung Russian nineteenth-century society, as seen through the art of the Wanderers, the nation’s largest and most successful dissident school of realist painters, provides a fascinating social panorama of the late tsarist period: the land, the people, its times and history. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Academic autocracy and the artist's burden 2. The challenge to the Academy and formation of the Wanderers3. The lower depths: images of the rural and urban peasantry4. The revolutionary's tale: political themes5. Meritocracy: portraiture6. History painting: sedition and tradition7. Landscape painting: styles and ideologies8. The Slavic Revival9. Adapted allegiancesConclusionSelect bibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Jackson
• Con la collaborazione di: Marsha Meskimmon (Editore), Shearer West (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2011
• EAN: 9780719064357
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6435-7
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Barber Institute's Critical Perspectives in Art History; Critical Perspectives in Art History; Critical Perspectives in Art H; Critical Perspectives in Art History; Critical Perspectives in Art H
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; Russia, ART / History / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Paintings and painting, ART / Russian & Soviet, Russian art; art studies