Publications by tag: эдгар дега

Auguste Renoir was influenced neither by money nor by fame, he could not tolerate intellectuals and sticklers, but most of all he was afraid that his children would get into business. He appreciated scientific achievements, but was sure that science took the wrong turn: piece production was replaced by the batch one. Renoir didn't care about political regime or ideology – he preferred to remain…

The turning point from classical to modern in Russian art took place in long-forgotten past that is covered with fluffy archival dust. But at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, this was the most acute confrontation with ad hominem attacks. The miriskusniki destroyed reputations and overthrew the former idols from their pedestals. Outraged by such barbarism, Repin defended “those thrown…