The Wanderers and Critical Realism in Nineteenth Century Russian Painting: Critical Realism in Nineteenth-Century Russia

by David Jackson

The rise of critical realism in nineteenth-century Russia culminated in 1870 with the formation of the Wanderers, Russia's first independent artistic society. Through depictions of the harsh lives of the peasantry, the fate of political activists, Russian history, landscapes, and portraits of the nation's cultural elite, such as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, the society became synonymous with dissident sentiments. Yet its members were far from being purveyors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071906435X
• ISBN13: 9780719064357
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.3"