On Saturday, October 7, Dr. Joachim Pissarro presented “Rise and Fall of an Ideology: From Utopia to Dissent" as a part of the Russian History Museum’s Second Saturday online lecture series. In this lecture, Dr. Joachim Pissarro addressed the surprising meandering that took [...]
Rise and Fall of an Ideology: From Utopia to Dissent An online lecture by Dr. Joachim Pissarro NOTE: This lecture was originally scheduled for August 12th, but was cut short by unexpected technical issues. It has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 7. By popular demand, [...]
On Saturday, March 11, Dr. Joachim Pissarro presented "200 Years of Russian Art: The Sublime, Its Vagaries and Incessant Return" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday online lecture series. Essays on Russian art tend to focus either on [...]
Declensions of the Sublime: 200 Years of Russian Art - and Its Incessant Vagaries An online lecture by Dr. Joachim Pissarro Essays on Russian art tend to focus either on the 19th century and the pre-revolutionary period, or on the revolutionary Russian Avant-Garde. Very seldom [...]
Catch up on our first lecture recording release of the new year! On Saturday, January 15th Dr. Margaret Samu presented "A Russian Masterpiece in Paris: Karl Briullov's Last Day of Pompeii at the 1834 Salon." This presentation was a part of the Russian History [...]
A Russian Masterpiece in Paris: Karl Briullov’s Last Day of Pompeii at the 1834 Salon An online lecture by Dr. Margaret Samu In 1834 Karl Briullov’s painting The Last Day of Pompeii became the first work of Russian art to attract international attention. This dramatic [...]
