Russian classicism

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Russian classicism was an 18th–early 19th century artistic and literary movement in Russia that adapted European Neoclassical ideals of order, rationality, and harmony to Russian historical and cultural themes.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Russian Neoclassicism 4
Russian neoclassicism 3
Russian classicism canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
artistic movement
literary movement
aim to educate citizens through art and literature
to express imperial power through classical forms
appliesTo architecture
literature
painting
sculpture
theatre
urban planning
architecturalApplication cathedrals
country estates
government buildings
palaces
urban ensembles
associatedWith Alexander I of Russia
Catherine the Great
Moscow
Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
coreIdea appeal to reason
clarity of form
didacticism
harmony
order
proportion
rationality
symmetry
country Russia
endTime early 19th century
followedBy Eclecticism
Russian Empire style
Russian Romanticism
follows Baroque
Early Russian Enlightenment
Elizabethan Baroque
Petrine Baroque
Rococo
hasPart Empire style in Russia
Russian neoclassical architecture
Russian neoclassical literature
Russian neoclassical painting
Russian neoclassical sculpture
influencedBy Ancient Greek art
Ancient Roman art
Enlightenment philosophy
European Neoclassicism
linked to: Neoclassicism

French Neoclassicism
linked to: Neoclassicism

Italian Neoclassicism
linked to: Neoclassicism
literaryGenre comedy
fable
ode
tragedy
literaryPrinciple decorum
elevated style for high genres
separation of genres
three unities
majorFigureInArchitecture Andrey Voronikhin
Carlo Rossi
Charles Cameron
Giacomo Quarenghi
Ivan Starov
Vasily Bazhenov
majorFigureInLiterature Alexander Sumarokov
linked to: Vasily Maykov

Denis Fonvizin
Gavrila Derzhavin
linked to: Gavriil Derzhavin

Mikhail Lomonosov
Vasily Kapnist
relatedTo Age of Enlightenment in Russia
European Neoclassicism
linked to: Neoclassicism
startTime 18th century
supportedBy Russian imperial court
state patronage
thematicFocus Russian history
adaptation of classical antiquity to Russian themes
civic virtue
moral instruction
patriotism
state power
usesElement classical orders
columns
geometric composition
pediments
porticoes
strict symmetry in planning

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Griboyedov movement Russian classicism
Staro-Kalinkin Bridge hasArchitecturalStyle Russian classicism
Russian Baroque architecture followedBy Russian Neoclassical architecture
linked to: Russian classicism
Apollo Colonnade at Pavlovsk hasArtisticSchool Russian Neoclassicism
linked to: Russian classicism
Ivan Starov architecturalStyle Russian Neoclassicism
linked to: Russian classicism
Interiors of the Mining Institute in Saint Petersburg architecturalStyle Russian neoclassicism
linked to: Russian classicism
Andrey Ivanovich Ivanov movement Russian Neoclassicism
linked to: Russian classicism
Yury Felten architecturalStyle Russian Neoclassicism
linked to: Russian classicism
Roman Kuzmin architecturalStyle Russian neoclassicism
linked to: Russian classicism
Vladimir Shchuko influencedBy Russian neoclassicism
linked to: Russian classicism