Naples in the Works of Alexander Bryullov and his Contemporaries. Speaking of Romanticism

Pensioner practice of the Russian artists, who lived or studied abroad in different periods of their lives, is a subject of heightened attention of art historians. The study of this important periods of the artists’ professional career enables to reproduce their creative contacts, to trace the process of formation of their worldview and creative method, and, consequently, to assess the degree of infl uence of other countries on the national culture. This theme is important today because of the particular attention of modern specialists to the international cultural relations and the results of the integration process in the sphere of art. At the beginning of the 19th century, the foreign practice for the Academy of Arts graduates became regular. The geographic area and travel route for those trips were chosen considering the training program focused on ancient samples. Therefore, the main place for this probation was Italy, and especially Rome, where the rising artists studied the classical architecture and the art works of the Renaissance masters. Unlike Rome, Naples did not form a colony of Russian artists. However, this city entwined the fates of the artists of different genres and directions, attracted by the romance of common people’s life by the sea, idyllic landscapes and archaeological sites. Under the infl uence of the romantic atmosphere of the city, the artists created the works that became masterpieces of the Russian art. The article reviews the Neapolitan period of creativity of the Russian architects and artists of the fi rst half of the 19th century. Particular attention is given to Alexander Bryullov (1798-1877), for whom the stay in this city became crucial. The text contains references to modern periodicals and archival documents of that period.

Naples, traveler, painter, architect, Romanticism, landscape, portrait, Italian genre

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