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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (85)

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