1a. St. Petersburg as Imperial Tragedy: The Slide Show:
Lecture/presentation on the culture of St. Petersburg and its place in Russian history with emphasis on the great writers, painters and architects and their role in expressing the many contradictory myths and legends of this majestic city. Please use menu or green arrow beneath image to navigate. For a full, detailed description of all 258 slides, see below.
1b. Guide to the St. Petersburg Slide Show may be found at:St. Petersburg Slides
2. New Russian Art.
A sampling of Russian visual art of the post-Soviet and contemporary period in a variety of genres: Art, Architecture, Photography and Sculpture. The artists represented come mostly from Moscow and St. Petersburg.