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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Russian classicism canonical 2
Russian Neoclassical architecture 1

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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 NERFINISHED
Catherine the Great NERFINISHED
Moscow NERFINISHED
Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
coreIdea appeal to reason
clarity of form
didacticism
harmony
order
proportion
rationality
symmetry
country Russia
endTime early 19th century
followedBy Eclecticism
Russian Empire style NERFINISHED
Russian Romanticism NERFINISHED
follows Baroque NERFINISHED
Early Russian Enlightenment NERFINISHED
Elizabethan Baroque NERFINISHED
Petrine Baroque NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
French Neoclassicism NERFINISHED
Italian Neoclassicism NERFINISHED
literaryGenre comedy
fable
ode
tragedy
literaryPrinciple decorum
elevated style for high genres
separation of genres
three unities
majorFigureInArchitecture Andrey Voronikhin NERFINISHED
Carlo Rossi NERFINISHED
Charles Cameron NERFINISHED
Giacomo Quarenghi NERFINISHED
Ivan Starov NERFINISHED
Vasily Bazhenov NERFINISHED
majorFigureInLiterature Alexander Sumarokov NERFINISHED
Denis Fonvizin NERFINISHED
Gavrila Derzhavin NERFINISHED
Mikhail Lomonosov NERFINISHED
Vasily Kapnist NERFINISHED
relatedTo Age of Enlightenment in Russia NERFINISHED
European Neoclassicism NERFINISHED
startTime 18th century
supportedBy Russian imperial court NERFINISHED
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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Alexander Griboyedov movement Russian classicism
Staro-Kalinkin Bridge hasArchitecturalStyle Russian classicism
Russian Baroque architecture followedBy Russian classicism
this entity surface form: Russian Neoclassical architecture