Russian visual history is deeply rooted in the folk traditions and icons of the Russian people. In this course participants will explore the richness of a heritage essential to any art enthusiast's experience. Presentations will include: Icons and Religious Vocabulary; The Academy and Its Offspring: The Coming of Western Art; 19th-Century Reform: The Itinerants; The Russian Avant Garde: The Modern Era; Artists Between: World War I and Beyond; The Rise and Fall of Socialist Realism; and 1934–1991.
