Portrait with a Pet and Portrait of a Pet in the Russian Painting of the 18th — Early 20th Centuries

This article highlights and examines two types of portrait genre: portrait with a pet and portrait of a pet with reference to the Russian painting of the eighteenth — early twentieth centuries. So far, works of this kind have not been considered as specific iconographic groups, the ways of their dev...

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Main Author: Ekaterina Vyacheslavovna Gordeeva
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Ural Federal University Press 2023-07-01
Series:Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
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Online Access:https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/Izvestia2/article/view/6955
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description This article highlights and examines two types of portrait genre: portrait with a pet and portrait of a pet with reference to the Russian painting of the eighteenth — early twentieth centuries. So far, works of this kind have not been considered as specific iconographic groups, the ways of their development have not been traced, and their undoubted connection and mutual influence has not been noted. Meanwhile, it seems to be an important case for studying the animalistic genre. The article analyzes the image of a pet, its interpretations, and characteristics in portrait and animalistic painting. The purpose of this article is to trace the evolution of the depiction of pets. This article reflects the initial stage of research on this topic and to a considerable extent, only indicates some problems for further study. Methodologically, the author mostly employs systematic, iconographic, formal, and stylistic analyses of works of Russian painting from museum collections. As a result, the researcher determines the main characteristics of the portrait with a pet and portrait of a pet. The article demonstrates that in the nineteenth — early twentieth centuries, from a more static and conditional “touching” elements in the portrait with models, the images of animals become real characters endowed with certain characteristics involved in emotional interaction with their owner. Similarly, the same was observed in the animalistic portrait of a pet: from a ceremonial picture, iconographically close to secular portraits, where the main goal is to capture the appearance of a pet, in the late nineteenth — early twentieth centuries, there appeared more empathy and psychologism in the interpretation of the image of a pet. It is noteworthy that by the early twentieth century, portraits with pets were created more and more often, and the “distance” between the person and the animal was significantly reduced. At the same time, the portrait of the pet itself was in less demand and transformed into the animalistic genre as it is.
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spelling doaj.art-9d135c00eeb345f084cbe9f1c55460fe2023-07-21T08:42:48ZrusUral Federal University PressИзвестия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки2227-22832587-69292023-07-0125210.15826/izv2.2023.25.2.0384944Portrait with a Pet and Portrait of a Pet in the Russian Painting of the 18th — Early 20th CenturiesEkaterina Vyacheslavovna Gordeeva0Российская академия живописи, ваяния и зодчества Ильи Глазунова, МоскваThis article highlights and examines two types of portrait genre: portrait with a pet and portrait of a pet with reference to the Russian painting of the eighteenth — early twentieth centuries. So far, works of this kind have not been considered as specific iconographic groups, the ways of their development have not been traced, and their undoubted connection and mutual influence has not been noted. Meanwhile, it seems to be an important case for studying the animalistic genre. The article analyzes the image of a pet, its interpretations, and characteristics in portrait and animalistic painting. The purpose of this article is to trace the evolution of the depiction of pets. This article reflects the initial stage of research on this topic and to a considerable extent, only indicates some problems for further study. Methodologically, the author mostly employs systematic, iconographic, formal, and stylistic analyses of works of Russian painting from museum collections. As a result, the researcher determines the main characteristics of the portrait with a pet and portrait of a pet. The article demonstrates that in the nineteenth — early twentieth centuries, from a more static and conditional “touching” elements in the portrait with models, the images of animals become real characters endowed with certain characteristics involved in emotional interaction with their owner. Similarly, the same was observed in the animalistic portrait of a pet: from a ceremonial picture, iconographically close to secular portraits, where the main goal is to capture the appearance of a pet, in the late nineteenth — early twentieth centuries, there appeared more empathy and psychologism in the interpretation of the image of a pet. It is noteworthy that by the early twentieth century, portraits with pets were created more and more often, and the “distance” between the person and the animal was significantly reduced. At the same time, the portrait of the pet itself was in less demand and transformed into the animalistic genre as it is.https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/Izvestia2/article/view/6955портретанималистикапитомцыобраз животногоиконографияэволюция жанра
spellingShingle Ekaterina Vyacheslavovna Gordeeva
Portrait with a Pet and Portrait of a Pet in the Russian Painting of the 18th — Early 20th Centuries
Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
портрет
анималистика
питомцы
образ животного
иконография
эволюция жанра
title Portrait with a Pet and Portrait of a Pet in the Russian Painting of the 18th — Early 20th Centuries
title_full Portrait with a Pet and Portrait of a Pet in the Russian Painting of the 18th — Early 20th Centuries
title_fullStr Portrait with a Pet and Portrait of a Pet in the Russian Painting of the 18th — Early 20th Centuries
title_full_unstemmed Portrait with a Pet and Portrait of a Pet in the Russian Painting of the 18th — Early 20th Centuries
title_short Portrait with a Pet and Portrait of a Pet in the Russian Painting of the 18th — Early 20th Centuries
title_sort portrait with a pet and portrait of a pet in the russian painting of the 18th early 20th centuries
topic портрет
анималистика
питомцы
образ животного
иконография
эволюция жанра
url https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/Izvestia2/article/view/6955
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