RUSS 165 - Arts and Music in Imperial Russia (in English)

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

Our main focus is on the dazzling artistic explosion that took place in the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This includes the visual arts, architecture, music, and performing arts in historical contexts. Prominent examples include Borodin’s opera Prince Igor, Musorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov, Diaghilev’s legendary Ballets Russes, and also the radical revolutionary aesthetics of the Russian Avant-Garde that upends accepted notions of art. Dan Ungurianu.

Open to all classes. All readings and discussion are in English.

Two 75-minute periods, plus occasional film screenings.

Course Format: CLS