Roads to Revolution

He explores how Russia changed from a feudal nation of aristocratic excess to a hotbed of revolution at the beginning of the 20th century and how art moved from being a servant of the state to an agent of its destruction. From monuments that celebrate the absolutism of the tsars to the epic Russian landscape as inspiration; from the design and construction of gold and glittering palaces to the minutiae of diamond-encrusted Faberge eggs; and eventually to the stark and radical paintings of the avant-garde, the journey through Russian art history is one of extraordinary beauty and surprise.

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Von Monumenten, die den Absolutismus der Zaren verherrlichen, zur Inspiration durch die einmalige russische Landschaft, vom Entwurf und Bau goldglänzender Paläste zu den Feinheiten diamantbesetzter Fabergé-Eier – und schließlich zu den kompromisslosen und radikalen Bildern der Avantgarde. Die Reise durch die russische Kunstgeschichte birgt viele Überraschungen und große Schönheit.