Khrenov, N. A. Russian Art at the Turn of XIX–XX Centuries From the Point of View of Their Repeatability

Abstract: the article is devoted to one of the most brilliant pages in history of the Russian art. This is the period of Silver Age that is also sometimes called the Russian cultural Renaissance, which brings it closer to the Western Renaissance of the XV–XVI centuries. That period lasted for quite a short time, yet it was enough time for many new art trends to be created, including Symbolism, Futurism, Modern, Acmeism and Cubo-Futurism. Subsequent historical events such as revolutions, the civil war, totalitarian regime, the Second World War and others, have blurred recollection of the cultural Renaissance and made it more difficult to understand its ending. However, the author of the article is confident that forms of art that had been created at the turn of ÕIÕ–ÕÕ centuries, continued to develop. Since the second half of XX century this art has being ‘rehabilitated’. Researchers try to discover all facts related to the art of those times. Yet, in order to understand those times it is not enough just to collect facts. The author of the article offers a new interpretation according to which art is being viewed based on the periodicity principle. This approach allows to find an unusual form of succession in art history. This form of succession can be understood if compared not to preceding art but to most distant epochs.

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