The Moods of Early Russian Art Justin Willson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willson, Justin, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Chicago University of Chicago Press, [2026]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An examination of the values and debates that shaped early East Slavic art. The Moods of Early Russian Art describes an alternative early modernity at the easternmost border of the European cultural sphere, where the Renaissance marked a return not to secular humanism but to the religiosity and art of the Middle Ages. Charting a kind of "Renaissance in reverse," art historian Justin Willson explores how the value placed on style and virtuosity faded in importance as the Church cultivated miracle-working images during the reigns of Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible. Arguing for a broader unity of interests among artistic workshops across the Muscovite landscape-a system of interconnected values that he explains using the language of "moods"-Willson examines icons, illuminated manuscripts, enamelwork, and murals, tracing how the interpretive framework of the age shifted from the "aesthetic" and "literal" moods to the "intoxicated" and "romantic" over the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Map of Muscovy and Adjacent Lands

Note on Transliteration

Introduction Muscovite Art : A Study in Moods

Chapter 1 Aesthetic

Chapter 2 Literal

Chapter 3 Intoxicated

Chapter 4 Romantic

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed August 05 2026)

ISBN:

9780226848068