Лапшина Н.П. Русское искусство XVIII века

The essay examines the path traveled by Russian art in the 18th century. This century has seen the emergence of many new, previously unprecedented phenomena. A secular culture, independent of the church, arises and flourishes, associated with the development and entry of the Russian state onto the world stage. The pathos of creation and powerful uplift permeates Russian art of that era. This can be observed in architecture, sculpture, and painting. Russian art of the 18th century is characterized by a rapid pace of development. Different styles and trends quickly replace each other, and sometimes are combined simultaneously. To express new ideas of citizenship and humanism, artists are looking for and finding new, increasingly advanced means of expression. A whole series of creations by such masters as V.V. Rastrelli, V.I. Bazhenov, C. Cameron, M.F. Kazakov in architecture, such as F.I. Shubin, E.M. Falcone and M.I. Kozlovsky in sculpture, as F.S. Rokotov, D.G. Levitsky, V.L. Borovikovsky in painting, rightfully belongs to the greatest achievements of world artistic culture of the 18th century. Tone illustrations.