Dutch-Flemish motifs of flowers and fruit in the 18th-Century Russian Painting: From Science and Emblems to the Image Aestheticization

The history of Russian fruit and flower still life began in the 18th century, when state’s art culture was getting closer to that European countries, especially with Netherlands. This article shows evolution century context Dutch-Flemish inheritance. major focus is made on objective motifs its semantics. In works this genre, continuity Dutch traditions could be traced due “Symbols Emblemata”, an iconological reference book published at initiative Peter I.