BVA312, Art History week 14

BVA312, Art History week 14

Modernism in Russia.

Art of Russia.

Architecture of Russia: Santa Sofia 

Prince Vladimir adopted and changed the history of Russia by adopting the religion of Christianity and getting rid of all of the pagan icons.

Painting of Icon Mother Mary.

The silence century's in Russia...

Unlike many other nationalism, Russian nationalism, as shaped by Soviet rule, conceived of the Russian nation "not as a separate ethnics but as the leader of other nations," Lieven says. The absence of a strong sense of Russian ethnic identity, he notes, also "reflected historical and demographic reality.... From the 15th century, Russia conquered and absorbed many other ethnic groups." Hostility exhibited at times toward particular ethnic groups, such as Jews or Caucasians, he says, was "a focused hostility...for particular reasons, usually economic."

St Nikola’s Church in Veliky Novgorod

The Holy Trinity St. Sergius Monastery

This was founded in the 14th century by one of the most celebrated Saints of Russia St Sergius.

Ivan the terrible:

The grandson of Ivan the Great, Ivan the Terrible, or Ivan IV, acquired vast amounts of land during his long reign (1533-1584), an era marked by the conquest of the khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan and Siberia. Ivan the Terrible created a centrally controlled Russian state, imposed by military dominance. Many believe him to have been mentally ill. One of his violent outbursts was perhaps the reason for his son's death.

Peter the Great 

Born in Moscow, Russia on June 9, 1672, Peter  the Great was a Russian czar in the late 17th century who is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation. He created a strong navy, reorganized his army according to Western standards, secularized schools, administered greater control over the reactionary Orthodox Church, and introduced new administrative and territorial divisions of the country.

Tsar/Tsarina (1672–1725)

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For art history essay my question is Can we explain Surrealism in art?  I have to make my own question out of this.