The History of Russian Art. From Aivazovsky to Repin

The main names of Russian art, creative associations, paintings, and events in the art world, closely intertwined with the history of the period covering almost 200 years — in the new book by Natalia Ignatova, a member of the Association of Art Historians of Russia, a teacher of art history. You will enjoy an engaging and detailed introduction to the great Russian artists, the peculiarities of their artistic language, and their worldview.

The first section of the book is dedicated to the history of the portrait in Russian art: from the crucial transformations of the era of Peter I to the revival of the genre by the theatrical and artistic figure Sergey Diaghilev. In the second section, you will learn about one of the most important movements in the history of art — Romanticism, and its significance both for world artistic culture as a whole and for Russian art in particular. You will discover the peculiarities of the work of artists whose works adorn the best museums in Russia: V. Tropinin, K. Bryullov, I. Aivazovsky, A. Ivanov, A. Venetsianov, O. Kiprensky, S. Shchedrin, P. Fedotov, V. Pukirev. The third section is dedicated to the association of the "wanderers", who opposed the academic artists.

Thanks to this book, you will easily learn how to navigate one of the most rich and interesting periods in the history of Russian art!