Art plays a special role in every culture. Artists often capture the greatness of historical scenes, beautiful scenes from cities or village life, cultural customs, traditional forms and patterns, and, of course, the likenesses of great leaders and creators.
Artists can also push the boundaries of what is acceptable to discuss and push people to see the world around them with new perspective and in new forms. Works by Ilya Repin and Kazimir Malevich, for example, are celebrated not only as remarkable art but also as insightful commentaries on the societal and intellectual shifts of their eras.
The influence of art is so profound that governments frequently seek to endorse art that aligns with their ideals and suppress art that challenges their authority.
Thus, in the diverse artistic heritages of Eurasia, we find a magnificent variety of traditional art, classical art, experimental art, and political art. This section is devoted to those artists and their creations.
Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov, born January 7, 1865 (old style, January 19 new style) in St. Petersburg, is best known as one of the premiere portrait artists of his time. Working between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, his work represents a drifting away from realism and toward the Impressionist movement in Russian art. The works for […]