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Painting and other products of the visual
arts made in Russia and later in the USSR.
From the 10th to the 17th century Russian art
was dominated by the Eastern Orthodox Church
and was influenced by various styles of
Byzantine art. Painters such as Andrei Rublev
produced icons, images of holy figures that
were often considered precious. By the 17th
century European influence had grown strong
and in the 18th century the tsars imported
European sculptors and painters. Early
Russian Modernism 1910-30 anticipated Western
trends but was then suppressed in favour of
art geared to the sentimental glorification
of workers.