“More than Just a Poet”: Konstantin Batiushkov as an Art Critic, Art Manager, and Art Brut Painter

This paper focuses on the Russian Golden Age author Konstantin Batiushkov’s involvement with fine arts. He is recognized as an exquisite elegist, an immediate predecessor of Alexander Pushkin in poetry, and “a pioneer of Russian Italomania.” Much less known is that Batiushkov was always deeply invol...

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Main Author: Igor Pilshchikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Arts
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/11/6/126