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Russia: Histories of Mobility
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Russia: Histories of Mobility

A special issue of Arts (ISSN 2076-0752).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 10151

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Anna G. Vyazemtseva

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Wolfsoniana - Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura, Genoa, Italy
Interests: art, architecture and urban planning of late XIX – XX c.; modern and contemporary Italian art and architecture; cultural relations between the U.S.S.R. and the West; Russian artists and architects in Italy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

“A trip to Russia has always been, and still is, the secret of many hopes not yet disappointed: ancient and modern”—Curzio Malaparte wrote this in 1930. Russian history could be seen as a history of movements and transitions of people, objects, and thoughts, kept in memories and archives, still scarcely explored, reflected in historical studies. 

The call to this Special Issue intends to broaden the topic and to include, among persons, also objects—works of art, books, equipment, and ideas—writings, skills, and ways of life. We invite you to a reflection on cultural exchange between Russia and other nations of past and present, focusing on the gap between expectations and impressions, unconventional occasions, and unexplored facts. The issue welcomes contributions of stories and unpublished documents on Russian experience of foreign professionals; on objects from Russian art collections; on translations of art and architecture; on historical and critical texts from the Middle Ages to the present—and their distribution and perception by Russian culture—as well as reflections on their role in cultural diplomacy and widely understood cultural exchange.

Prof. Dr. Anna G. Vyazemtseva
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Arts is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Russian history
  • Russian and Soviet art and architecture
  • cultural transition
  • art collecting
  • art archives
  • cultural diplomacy

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Architecture of Medieval Armenia as a Field of Research for Russian and Italian Scholars: Comparative Analyses of the Historiography
by Armen Kazaryan
Arts 2023, 12(6), 238; https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12060238 - 9 Nov 2023
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For the first time in the literature, this study provides an analysis of the activities of two major architectural–archeological missions that investigated the architectural heritage of the Armenian Highlands: the Russian Ani Archaeological Expedition (1892–1893 and 1904–1917) and the Italian academic programs of [...] Read more.
For the first time in the literature, this study provides an analysis of the activities of two major architectural–archeological missions that investigated the architectural heritage of the Armenian Highlands: the Russian Ani Archaeological Expedition (1892–1893 and 1904–1917) and the Italian academic programs of the Universities of Rome and Venice and that of Milan Polytechnic (from 1966 to the 1980s). In this article, the results of the conducted research are compared, and their contribution to the development of the history of medieval architecture is evaluated. The differences in the results are related to the chronological distance between the missions, as well as the main focus of each work: the activities of the Russians are primarily archeological, while those of the Italian groups are architectural. The head of the Ani Institute, Nikolay Marr, set himself the task of exhibiting the original artifacts in the museum he had created in the medieval capital of Armenia, Ani, while the Italian professors relied on photography for both permanent and touring exhibitions. The second mission was in unspoken contact with the first, forming a kind of time-stretched dialog. Although, by the 1970s, almost none of the participants in Marr’s expedition remained alive, his scientific works were periodically being published, with some still waiting their turn in the scientific archives. Full article
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The Soviet and Stalinist Works of the Michell Wolfson Jr. Collection
by Matteo Fochessati
Arts 2023, 12(5), 215; https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12050215 - 10 Oct 2023
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This paper offers a survey of the Soviet propaganda works collected by Mitchell (Micky) Wolfson Jr. since there 1980s and now preserved at the Wolfsonian—FIU (Florida International University) in Miami Beach and at the Wolfsoniana—Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura in Genoa. The [...] Read more.
This paper offers a survey of the Soviet propaganda works collected by Mitchell (Micky) Wolfson Jr. since there 1980s and now preserved at the Wolfsonian—FIU (Florida International University) in Miami Beach and at the Wolfsoniana—Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura in Genoa. The first collection to include the art of the regimes in a larger panorama of cultural production, the Wolfsonian offers, through a critical interpretation of the Soviet propaganda works within linguistic pluralism, a clear and immediate visual narrative of the history of the twentieth century. Full article
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Kind Regards in These Difficult Times: Anglo–Soviet Architectural Relations during the Second World War
by Ksenia Malich
Arts 2023, 12(4), 158; https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12040158 - 13 Jul 2023
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The present article examines Anglo–Soviet architectural relations during the Second World War, the peculiarities of the perception of foreign experience, and the mutual professional interests. This paper aims to find evidence of multilateral and immensely diverse contacts and examine the reasons for and [...] Read more.
The present article examines Anglo–Soviet architectural relations during the Second World War, the peculiarities of the perception of foreign experience, and the mutual professional interests. This paper aims to find evidence of multilateral and immensely diverse contacts and examine the reasons for and routes of such collaborations and the actors and institutions involved in the processes. This research attempts to construct new criteria for evaluating professional architectural relationships in the context of ideological and non-ideological obstacles. For this reason, this paper draws data from a wide range of sources, including the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF) and the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RGALI), the Schusev State Museum of Architecture (GNIMA), and research from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Berthold Lubetkin and Erno Goldfinger archives. Full article
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Vinicio Paladini and the First Studies of the Soviet Avant-Garde Architecture in the Early 20th Century in Italy
by Mariia Babicheva
Arts 2023, 12(2), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12020083 - 18 Apr 2023
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The architecture of the Soviet Avant-garde represents an important part in the history of the world’s architecture. It has become and continues to be a subject of interest for numerous researchers all over the world since the second half of the 20th century. [...] Read more.
The architecture of the Soviet Avant-garde represents an important part in the history of the world’s architecture. It has become and continues to be a subject of interest for numerous researchers all over the world since the second half of the 20th century. However, was it well-known before, and who was the first to spread that knowledge? This article aims to study the critical legacy of Italian artist and architect Vinicio Paladini and his role as the first disseminator of the ideas of Soviet Avant-garde architecture in Italy in the 1920s with his article “Lo spirito moderno e la nuova architettura nell’U.R.S.S.” This article provides an in-depth analysis of chosen projects and architects as well as attribution of illustrative material alongside the archival research. It establishes the origins of Paladini’s interest in the art and architecture of the USSR, surfaces his perception of the characteristics of Soviet architecture, and highlights the importance of his role in promoting Russian modernism in Italy. Full article
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The Holy See and Fyodor Dostoevsky: Mutual Attraction and Repulsion
by Elena Besschetnova
Arts 2023, 12(2), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12020076 - 7 Apr 2023
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The article analyzes the attitude of Fyodor Dostoevsky toward the Roman Catholic Church. The author shows how Dostoevsky comes to the Slavophile idea of unity and the impossibility of salvation outside church communion, while speaking of the Church as an ecclesia, that [...] Read more.
The article analyzes the attitude of Fyodor Dostoevsky toward the Roman Catholic Church. The author shows how Dostoevsky comes to the Slavophile idea of unity and the impossibility of salvation outside church communion, while speaking of the Church as an ecclesia, that is, an assembly of believers. At the same time, the reception of Dostoevsky from the side of the Vatican is presented. In the article, special attention is paid to the perception of Dostoevsky’s ideas by Pope Francis. The author notes that the point of attraction and repulsion between Dostoevsky and Catholic culture lies in the plane of his understanding of the concepts of nationality and universality. Dostoevsky’s Russian idea and his view on the essence of Christianity grows from the synthesis of these concepts. The author emphasizes that only in this perspective it is necessary to interpret Dostoevsky’s ideas. Full article
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