The Imprint Of The Times Of The Individual Soul

Russian portrait art is unique in the art circles of the world,it especially had been in peak during the second half of the 19th century,when the painting faction of Russian national portrait also gradually formed,not only Clamskoy,Libin,Sulikov and Sherlov those well-known portrait masters appeared,a large number of excellent portrait painters created splendid works as well.Such brilliant achievements of Russian portrait are created under the joint action of all artists at that time,this artistic phenomenon is the product of specific historical period and inevitable result of the development of society.This article combines progress of the time with the development of Russian portrait art in the second half of the 19^th century,from a deep angle to interpret the portraiture from law of art development,literary thoughts to social context,in addition,it studies the social identity and class attribute of objects of painting,which mainly divided into the public intellectual class and civilian class,both of them are the protagonists of that time.First,the Russian portrait art tradition has hero feelings,extremely admiring those people who make great contributions to their national history.Public intellectual class was the most dazzling group of Russian society during the second half of 19^th century,they used their thoughts and literary works as weapons to change the stereotypes,promoting the social change,playing a role of mainstay in the development of times.Portraits painting Russian intellectuals appeared in large quantities representing the artists were conforming to the call of times,this artistic phenomenon is very rare in the world portrait,which also becomes a unique symbol of the Russian portrait art.Secondly,with the reform of serfdom promoting during the second half of 19^th century,the Russian civilian class went on the historical stage step by step,laboring people at the bottom became the mainspring of social development.Russian portrait artists noticed this change acutely,they began to create a lot of portraits about peasants and workers,foreshadowing a beginning of new historical canvas.Lastly,Russian portrait artists had created a lot of self-portraits in that period,those works are both the self-examination of individual soul and the spiritual projection of time will,full of stirring artistic charm.Russian portrait art has profound influence on the development of modern Chinese portrait painting,both of them have all kinds of connections between the environment of appearing and the law of development.Through deep study of Russian portrait painting during the second half of 19^th century,this article hopes to discover the law of its evolution and development,to bring some meaningful reference for the prosperity and development of Chinese portrait art.