The aesthetics of Russian academy and New Art languages

Abstract

The author gives analysis of major aesthetic principles of the Russian Academy of Arts, shows their change from the imperial baroque (in the 18th century) to classicism, a dominant style of the first half of the 19th century, and further on to critical realism. Attention is given to the activities of the Academy as a state Institution, which did not only realize training but also educational objectives. The article reviews the main stages of the Academy art school, which unfailingly demonstrated top quality. In the 20th – 21st centuries in line with the spirit of the time the Academy learnt to encompass within itself (which means the same in regard to the society) various artistic optics (visions), bringing out merits of classical as well as modern pieces of art. A department of new trends set up in the Academy in 2011 much contributed to this.