Russian “Author’s” Illustration of 1790th Years: a Problem of Reception of the French Analogues Cover Image

Русская «авторская» иллюстрация 1790-х годов: проблема рецепции французских аналогов
Russian “Author’s” Illustration of 1790th Years: a Problem of Reception of the French Analogues

Author(s): Elena Borshch
Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: XVIII century     European-Russian art communications     Russian book illustration     French book illustrations     Ovid’s Metamorphoses in illustrations N. A. Lvov I. F. Tupylev

Summary/Abstract: At the focus of this article is a problem of reception of European visual culture in Russia in XVIII century. The subject of research is the drawings of manuscript “Ovid’s Metamorphoses in faces” of 1790th years from collection of the State Russian museum (St.-Petersburg). Its have been created by I. Tupylev after the order by N. Lvov. There is a search of the European analogues of the Russian drawings in this article. A method of comparative analysis used here. As a result, one of analogues of the Russian illustrations was found. There is comparison the Tupylev’s drawings and engravings of the French edition “Ovid’s Metamorphoses” (1767–1771) in this article. The comparison has proved, that the Russian illustrator repeated compositions of the French illustrations, but did not copy them literally. The result of research is a conclusion about creative character of perception of the traditions of European illustration and professional level of works of Russian artists.

  • Issue Year: X/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 89-98
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian