From the time the word "kul tura" entered the Russian language in the early nineteenth century, Russian arts and letters have thrived on controversy. At any given time several versions of culture have coexisted in the Russian public sphere. The question of what makes something or someone distinctly Russian was at the core of cultural debates in nineteenth-century Russia and continues to preoccupy Russian society to the present day."When Art Makes New"s examines the development of a public discourse on national self-representation in nineteenth-century Russia, as it was styled by the visual...
From the time the word "kul tura" entered the Russian language in the early nineteenth century, Russian arts and letters have thrived on controversy. ...
