Labels:book | bulletin board | cabinet | fountain | person | tribute album OCR: University opens 1755 and the St Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts 1757 is established Grand ensembles of palaces designed by F.B. Rastrelli are constructed in Petersburg its suburbs The luxury and magnificence of the imperial court rivals its European counterparts The baroque and, to lesser extent, rococo styles dominate art (A.P Antropov "Portrait of Peter l" 1762 G.C. Grooth. "Portrait Empress Elizaveta Petrovna on Horseback with Negro Boy' 1743) The colourful, lively character of art in 1740s- 1750s is apparent in all types of artistic activity. The rule of Catherine /I is marked by a new prosperity throughout Russian life. In the second
