AH4130
Realism and Symbolism in Russian Art 1860 - 1910
2016-2017
30
15
SCQF level 10
1
Academic year(s): 2016-2017
SCOTCAT credits : 30
ECTS credits : 15
Level : SCQF level 10
Semester: 1
Planned timetable:
This module examines the development of Russian art from the appearance of 'romantic realism' in the 1820s, through that of 'critical realism' in the mid-nineteenth century to the introduction of symbolist values around 1900. Special emphasis is laid on the relationship of the Academy with the exponents of the new trends. Accepted interpretations will be scrutinised with the various movements and individuals (such as Repin, Surikov, Perov, Vasnetsov, Levitan, Kramskoy, Nesterov and Serov) being studied in relation to social and political demands, patronage, aesthetic theories and the continuing tensions between 'native' traditions and 'western' ideas.