Maslov Konstantin

Towards a History of Byzantinesque Revival in Russian Church Paintings. I. M. Snegiryov

Abstract

The article is devoted to the sources of Neo-Byzantinism in Russian church paintings of the XIXth century. It is pointed out that while Byzantinesque-Russian style was developed in church arhitecture since early 1830-s, church paintings were designed after the Italian school, and the attitudes of the educated class to archaizing stylization were generally negative. The only person who in 1830-s responded to the contrast between Byzantinesque-Russian style in church architecture and academic church painting was I. M. Snegiryev - a scholar of Russian antiquities. The analysis of 1834 article «On the Style of Byzantine Art, in Particular in Sculpture and Paintings, and Its Relation to Russian Art» written by I. M. Snegiryev shows that seeking to prove the significance of Byzantine art for modern church art practice the author used the ideas of K. W. F. Schlegel and F. W. J. Schelling. At the time he wrote the article I. M. Snegiryev's call to turn to national art tradition met no response. Fifteen years later, however, with the upspringing interest towards Russian antiquities, his ideas were received with interest. Main conclusions of Snegiryev's new article «On the Significance of Russian Icon-Paintings» were, on one hand, an affirmation of the value of traditional icon-painting and of the importance of its conservation, and, on the other hand, a call for revival of icon-paintings on the basis of academic art school, with Karl Bryullov's works viewed as an example. Коды

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