Modern St. Petersburg Academic Fine Arts

The monograph of the St. Petersburg art critic S.M. Gracheva reveals the role and significance of modern academic art as a sociocultural and aesthetic phenomenon. The author reproduces an objective picture of the development of contemporary art of academicism, which is a unique alloy of a classic understanding of the tasks of art, realistic tradition and postmodern aesthetics. The structure of the monograph allows you to cover the main genres of academic art and their development from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day: plot picture, landscape, still life, portrait. During this period, the largest architectural and art ensembles were created, numerous works of monumental and easel art, including the art of the St. Petersburg metro, picturesque, sculptural and graphic works. The illustrated publication is of interest to specialists in the field of the theory and history of art, culturalists, historians, students and graduate students of creative universities, as well as for those interested in the art and culture of St. Petersburg