Art and Identity in Late Imperial Russia and USSR: What Caricature Reveals about Aesthetics, Nation, and Representation at the Turn of the Century

 Caricature in Art History (DOCX, 24 Кб)

In this project, students will conduct original research about the history of caricature in the late Russian Empire and early Soviet Union. They will work together with students from Reed College (USA) and the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts on a large series of images produced by the artist Oskar Schmerling relating to nationalities and political events in the South Caucasus during the late Russian Empire and early Soviet period. They will also research the role of caricature in Kazan and other Tatar regions of Russia during the same period.