Fedor Alexeev’s urban landscapes reveal his adoration for St.
The exhibition includes portraits by the most significant Russian artists of this period: Alexei Antropov, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Dmitry Levitsky, Fedor Rokotov, and Ivan Vishnyakov. Cityscapes and history painting were also developed, though to a lesser degree. Portraiture, especially official portraits of the Imperial family and the nobility, dominated the fine arts of this period. While carrying out Imperial commissions, they trained local artists according to the academic system adopted in Western Europe. French and Italian architects, painters, and sculptors were often invited to work in Russia. The Guggenheim’s first rotunda level hosts Russian art of the eighteenth century, a time when Russia began to feel the cultural influence of Western European traditions. The exhibition displays more than twenty icons dating from the late twelfth century to the late seventeenth century, including paintings by famous fifteenth-century icon painters Andrei Rubliev and Dionisii, several large-scale, late fifteenth-century icons from the Deesis tier located in the Cathedral of Dormition at the Kirillo-Belozersk Monastery, classical depictions of the Virgin and Child ( Our Lady of Yaroslavl and The Virgin of Vladimir (1514)), and sixteenth-century silk embroideries. By the sixteenth century, the Russian church developed a canonized iconostasis that stood five-tiers high. A purely Russian artistic creation, the iconostasis (multi-layered icon screen) replaced Byzantine mosaics. Early icon painting was heavily influenced by Byzantine art, though Russian examples displayed bolder lines, deeper colors, and more abstraction and expressiveness. Having adopted Orthodox Christianity in the tenth century, Russia became the artistic heir of the Byzantine cultural legacy after the fall of Constantinople. The exhibition starts with the display of several masterpieces of icon painting. Many of the pieces displayed have either rarely, or never, traveled abroad.
Private collections, museums, and galleries in Russia, Europe, and the United States also contributed to the exhibition, which showcases over 250 artworks. Petersburg), and Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery. The exhibition is the product of a collaboration between the Guggenheim Museum and three museums in Russia: the State Hermitage Museum, the State Russian Museum (both in St. Russia! is the most comprehensive exhibition of Russian art since the end of the Cold War, and it presents an exciting journey through nine centuries of artistic development.
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