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RUSSIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
THROUGH THE CENTURIES

 
 

Elizabeth Petrovna

 
 

Portrait painting continued to be most popular during the reign of Peter's daughter Elizabeth, 1741-1761. The Empress liked to fill the intervals between prayers with luxurious entertainments at the palace and love affairs with powerfully built men, chosen ad hoc. She showed sporadic interest in the arts too. It became obvious that the Academy of Science that her father founded could not cope with the rising importance of the arts as part of the cultural development of the country. The Russians, too, wanted an independent academy of art, as was the case in most western countries, and the idea was put forward on several occasions. However, nothing came of it before Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov.

 
 

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