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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...
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Pendant des siècles, la Russie est restée orpheline de grands peintres, concentrant le génie créatif sur la formalisation des icônes avec, par exemple, Rublev. Avec l'avènement de Pierre le Grand, c'est l'Europe des Lumières qui envahit cet empire réputé peu civilisé. Saint-Pétersbourg, émergeant des marais comme par miracle et grâce au génie d'un architecte italien, est pendant plus d'un siècle un centre important de culture et de...
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