Labels:bulletin board | fountain | person | sculpture | tribute album OCR: half of the 18th century the level of Russian and European art is quite comparable The works created by leading Russian masters of this period could compete with the best creations western artists The ideas of the Enlightenment penetrate Russia from France during this period, providing the philosophical foundation for Classicism the dominant style in the epoch The pedagogical system of the Academy of Arts which played the most leading role in the development Russian culture as a whole in the second half of the 18th century is based on the principles of Classicism The Academy of Arts was the first school of high professional mastership in Russia attached Enlightenmen dominan eading orinciples ihigh
