Russian Painting
eBook - ePub

Russian Painting

  1. 367 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Russian Painting

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

From the 18th century to the 20th, this book gives a panorama of Russian painting not equalled anywhere else. Russian culture developed in contact with the wider European influence, but retained strong native intonations. It is a culture between East and West, and both influences in together. The book begins with Icons, and it is precisely Icon-painting which gave Russian artist their peculiar preoccupation with ethical questions and a certain kind of palette. It goes on the expound the duality of their art, and point out the originality of their contribution to world art. The illustrations cover all genres and styles of painting in astonishing variety. Such figures as Borovokovsky, Rokotov, Levitsky, Brullov, Fedatov, Repin, Shishkin and Levitan and many more are in these pages.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access Russian Painting by Peter Leek in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Arte & Arte generale. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Parkstone International
Year
2015
ISBN
9781783107506
Topic
Arte
Subtopic
Arte generale

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Religious Painting
  3. Portraiture
  4. Historical Painting
  5. Interiors and Genre Painting
  6. Landscape
  7. Still Life
  8. Twentieth-century Avant-garde and Revolutioary art
  9. Biographies
  10. Bibliography
  11. List of Works Classed by Artist
  12. Index