Serf-era and provincial Russia heralded the spectacular turn in
cultural history that began in the 1860s. Examining the role of
arts and artists in society’s value system, Richard Stites
explores this shift in a groundbreaking history of visual and
performing arts in the last decades of serfdom. Provincial town and
manor house engaged the culture of Moscow and St. Petersburg while
thousands of serfs and ex-serfs created or performed. Mikhail
Glinka raised Russian music to new levels and Anton Rubinstein
struggled to found a conservatory. Long before the itinerants,
painters explored town and country in genre scenes of everyday
life. Serf actors on loan from their masters brought naturalistic
acting from provincial theaters to the imperial stages. Stites’s
richly detailed book offers new perspectives on the origins of
Russia’s nineteenth-century artistic prowess.
General
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2008 |
| First published: |
March 2008 |
| Authors: |
Richard Stites
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
640 |
| Edition: |
1 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-13757-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-300-13757-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780300137576 |
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