Alexander I and Russian art culture. 2nd edition, erased. Ostrovsky O.B.

In the book of the Doctor of Historical Sciences O. B. Ostrovsky, the influence on the Russian art culture of the main historical factors of the era at the three stages of the reign of Alexander I: the aesthetic tastes of the emperor, the empresses Maria Fedorovna and Elizabeth Alekseevna, members of the royal surname; public education systems; state cultural institutions (Academy of Arts, Directorate of Imperial Theaters, court singing chapel, Hermitage, Committee of Buildings and Hydraulic works, etc.); censorship, book publishing and printing; literary and artistic associations, private salons and individual patrons. The influence of the transient factors of the era was also considered: the reforms of the “liberal course”, the consequences of the Tilsite world, the Patriotic War of 1812, the Arakcheevschina, the movements of the Decembrists. The work uses a large number of historical and art history scientific publications, memoir literature, presses of 1801-1825, published and archival sources, many of which are first introduced into scientific circulation. The book is written in an accessible, exciting language, addressed to historians, culturalists, art critics, literary critics, and can also be of interest to everyone who are interested in Russian history and culture.