What are characteristics of russian art?
Ufff, I even don't know what to start with. You should have specified your question. What are you mostly interested in - folk art or fine art? Old or contemporary? Visual arts and architecture or also theater, ballet, literature, cinema? Or just all this taken together? If you specify your question I'll try to elaborate on this:) Upd: ok, so you're speaking mainly about fine art... Well, Russian fine art is part of European art. As Nikolay has noted, since the XVII cent. it started developing within the same trends as in Europe. Before that painting was exclusively religious (see Russian icons) and was initially influenced by Byzantine icon painting. But if to compare it to Greek painting, our icons were more lyrical, bright and lighter-colored (see Andrey Rublev). With Peter the Great, Russian art started getting secularized, the portrait genre appeared the first. Many of the Russian artists and architects went to Europe for training, and many European artists were hired to work in Russia. Since then, Russian art became very European so it's hard to outline any comparisons. If to compare European / Russian art school to Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, so on), you can see that it has developed more realistic forms, Asian art is more symbolic and decorative. To compare Russian art to West European is a hard task... Well, I would say that in Russia realistic traditions were stronger (see: Peredvizhniki), even now when in Europe you can see lots of 'avant-guard' experiments, in Russia academical (realistic) painting is still very alive. Another thing is that Russian art was very socially-oriented, critical, didactic, propagandistic (so-called 'critical realism' in 19th cent, socialistic realism in 20th, so on). Maybe, the best period of Russian art was the early 20th century - Russian painting, theater, ballet got extremely popular in Europe. Soviet avant-guard (Kandinsky, Malevich, Tatlin, etc) was the one of the brightest art phenomena in Europe in 1920s. In Soviet Union Russian art mostly served the ideological needs ("socialistic realism") - it's task was to record the successful building of socialism. Soviet painting shows optimistic people - simple laborers- working at factories, building sites, fields, etc. Now Russian art is developing within the same postmodernist trends as worldwide.
What are some good russian reggae bands?
I personally dont any , but i did want to say how are ya mah dear!
What are some must hear Russian songs of any genre?
Gotta tell you, I'm a big rock music and 'bard' fan, but surely someone else will introduce you to the immense oceans of gorgeous Russian rock and guitar music; I just wouldn't know what beauties to pick for one separate answer. I'll tackle some oldies, surely they are at the core of Russian music culture after classical music, and every Russian person knows them.www.youtube.com/embed/yb66JLfRTtIwww.youtube.com/embed/wqQRazDQa8cwww.youtube.com/embed/KuXUWw-0qpUwww.youtube.com/embed/hDSxfoHWCS8www.youtube.com/embed/T05b-48hFScwww.youtube.com/embed/S3OB72M4aqYwww.youtube.com/embed/pg8Xby0uTMQwww.youtube.com/embed/H-uLtUqSBckwww.youtube.com/embed/O7lYXuJMwYowww.youtube.com/embed/ols3r6NZInkwww.youtube.com/embed/5-8lPhloJfgAnd speaking of these, you might watch New Year's TV show "Старые песни о главном", they introduce some of the immortal Soviet songs in an amusing way.
What are some good Russian songs/artists (genre doesn't matter)?
Zedd- More of a DJ but google, spotify search, I tube search. You will be guaranteed to recognize a song. He was born and raised in Russia. Egor Kreed is a true Russian rapper who raps in Russian. A lot of Dj’s that are extremely talented.
Where can I find torrents for USSR music artists such as Vladimir Vysotsky, or other Russian Shanson music?
http://torrents.ru/forum/tracker.php?f=1... By the way. Do not offend Vysotsky comparing him with modern shanson.
What are the best Russian songs and singers to learn Russian?
The first thing to tell you is that you should use music as a motivator for yourself, not as a textbook, so you should choose songs you actually like. Not because they are famous in Russia, but because they are a quality product of this or that genre. If you are serious about Russian and not afraid of its difficulty - take songs of Oxxxymiron. This is new school rap, a very fast flow, but his texts are so so so very much intelligent that most Russians have to turn to google. You’ll learn many many great expressions and meet culture from all over the world and he mentions really great things to know in his texts. Also he tells a lot about Russian reality. If you can understand just one of his songs, you can tell anyone you know Russian.And if you are tired of learning, you can still enjoy the music.I seriously recommend to check out Наум Блик and his project Поэты (poets). The titans of Russian poetry like Mayakovsky, Brodsky, Tcherny, and their poems are recorded to powerful beats and performed amazingly. This is what Russians should listen to at schools to fall in love with poetry, so sorry they don’t.Also see Дельфин - but it may seem depressive. Though texts are awesome.And of course, OF F*cking COURSE, it’s Anacondaz. These guys are a philologist and a teacher of Literature, so they use language like gods. The twist is irony, sarcasm and strong opinion on every human problem ever. Cool music, very positive and super intelligent.You didn’t specify the genres, but if you can’t digest hip hop for some reasons, there is more modern music to listen to. Why modern? Because it deals with current life and language in Russia, unlike Soviet music.I would personally recommend ПТВП and 7 раса.P.s. classic Russian rock mentioned above can be good in anything, but not in texts. They are simple (as if written by a school graduate - but maybe it’s exactly what you need to learn language) and go well with vodka only. But please listen to classic Russian rock only in case you love classic rock. Same story about all the other advice given here.
Do Russians create good music?
Donald Trump likes to dance to it.
Russian songs in GTA IV?
yes, these are the names and singers Vladivostok FMDJ: Ruslana Genre: Russian music (Eastern European music)[10] Tracklist: Gruppa Kinoe - "Gruppa Krovi" Marakesh (band) - "Zhdat" Zvery - "Kvartira" Seryoga - "King Ring" Seryoga - "Liberty City: The Invasion" Splin - "Liniya Zhizni" Basta - "Mama" Leningrad - "Nikogo ne Zhalko" Ranetki - "O Tebe" Dolphin - "RAP" Glukoza - "Schweine" Ruslana - "Wild Dances (Ukranian FM Version)" Oleg Kvasha - "Zelenoglazoe Taksi (Club Remix)" eActual
What are good examples of Russian traditional/folk music?
Q: What are good examples of Russian traditional/folk music?Here is an absolutely wonderful example of a traditional Russian folk tune, Valenki, kindly shown to me by my friend David Evans, only last night.Played with the most remarkable ability, feeling and poise, by Anastasia Tyurina [1] with the Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra [2]. Anastasia was only seven years old when this was recorded. It is far and away the most impressive and enjoyable performance I've seen by a young musician in a very long time indeed.Anastasia is from Russia and plays the balalaika. She has performed on the stages of the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International House of Music and Verona Philharmonic Theater. She is currently a contestant on Competition "Blue Bird". [3]Footnotes[1] Anastasia Tyurina[2] Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra - Wikipedia[3] Anastasia Tyurina