Russia's Unknown Orient
Publisher: NAi Uitgevers / Publishers Stichting; nai010 publishers
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789056627621
Subjects: Painting, russian; Painting, exhibitions
Description: The Groninger Museum has established a reputation for its successful exhibitions about nienteenth-century Russian art. This is the fifth major exhibition that the Groninger Museum has devoted to Russian art in recent years, continuing the series of exceptional presentations of Ilya Repin's oeuvre, Russian landscapes, the circle around Diaghilev and the exhibition on 'Russian legends, folk tales and fairy tales', which was highly popular with families. In this exhibition the Groninger Museum turns the spotlight on the symbolic, aesthetic and moral aspects of Russia's orient. Exhibition: Groninger Museum (19.12.2010-8.5.2011).