Russian forest

The album is dedicated to the image of the forest in Russian painting of the X1xh-twentieth centuries. The retrospective of the presented to trace the stages of the formation of the Russian landscape as a genre and familiarize themselves with the whole range of artistic styles from classicism to modern. We will see how idyllic, decorative scenery of the era of classicism, reflecting the process of growing awareness occurring in society, gradually replaced by real forest species. The masterpieces of Russian painting captured the image of the forest literally in all his hints. Forest as a maternal launo, protecting and feeding: Forest mysterious and dangerous, with waters, chains and wild beasts, forest as a lyrical hero, similar to its seasonal variability of the human soul, forest as an object of study, contemplation and admirement, and finally - as The scene on which the drama of human life unfolds. The album introduces readers with artists who have gained world fame, as well as those who today are undeservedly forgotten