Costumed images à la turque in Russian painting of the 18th century
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2022-1-116-142
Abstract
The article considers a number of picturesque costumed images à la turque, which means in the oriental taste, created in Russia in the 18th century. The studied works are divided into the costumed and typical images of the inhabitants of the Muslim world and a costumed portrait à la turque. It is believed that the means of creating an “oriental” image in those works was a costumizing – dressing a model in an exotic outfit perceived as a national costume of the peoples from the Muslim Orient. The work studies the history of creating costumed images à la turque in Russian art of the 18th century. It also deals with the composition and specificity of exotic costumes, the artistic- stylistic and genre features of the works under study and, when possible, identifies their pictorial sources.
About the Authors
A. A. Gorbunova
Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anastasia A. Gorbunova, postgraduate student
bld. 18, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
R. A. Timofeeva
Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Rimma A. Timofeeva, Cand. of Sci. (Art History), associate professor
bld. 18, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
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Gorbunova A.A., Timofeeva R.A. Costumed images à la turque in Russian painting of the 18th century. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2022;(1):116-142. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2022-1-116-142
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