Russia’s cultural isolation has cracked

Today, in one of the Venetian palaces - the Palazzo Albrizzi Capello - the exhibition "Catherine the Great and Italy: Intercultural and Diplomatic Dialogue" opened.

Unique photo portraits of the Empress, which were based on historical images of her, created by photographer and artist Enzo Rosamilia.

He's a unique man himself. Catherine the Great is striking in how she used art to build relations between Russia and Italy, putting it in the service of state and diplomatic activities, and in my portraits I wanted to convey this connection.

The whole hall is dedicated to diplomatic relations between Catherine Russia and Italy.

And it's not just Catherine there. There are portraits of artists and musicians who worked at her court.

Creations of artists of the second half of the XVIII - XIX centuries: Pietro Rotary, Alexander Roslin, Dmitry Levitsky, James Walker.

Modern technology.

Who organized this?

Of course, this is an international project.

Initiator: Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the support of the Italian-German Center and the Academy of Art Unites the World.

And now whisper to the small, like cockroaches, and to the large and disgustingly slippery, like cave jackals, Russophobes about the “complete cultural isolation of Russia.”.

Recall that it was by the decree of Catherine on March 21, 1777 that Petrovskaya Sloboda (at the Alexander Plant) received the status of a city and was renamed Petrozavodsk.

And on January 19, 1768, the Empress signed a decree of the Senate on the beginning of a large-scale development of marble in Ruskeala for the construction of St. Isaac’s Cathedral and other architectural masterpieces of St. Petersburg.