Friedrich 72

Author: DeAgostini Publishing Company (English)
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
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Ilya Repin, a great 19th-century Russian painter, studied painting techniques and social morality at the Imperial Academy of Arts. While praising human dignity and strength, he also created genre paintings that criticized political corruption and social vices. Additionally, his vibrant and passionate works depicting the history of Russia remain a source of spiritual solace for the Russian people today.
In the era of Friedrich Schiller's life, Germany was not yet a unified nation but a collection of several states and territories within the Holy Roman Empire, with borders constantly changing. Friedrich was born in the Pomeranian region, which was part of the northernmost Prussian Kingdom. Later, Dresden, which became his base, belonged to the Saxony Kingdom adjacent to southern Prussia. After the war, the Congress of Vienna (1815) reorganized Germany. Through clever negotiations, Prussia acquired Saxony and the Rhine regions, becoming one of the most powerful nations. However, this country had no parliament, and the government adopted a suppressive policy toward liberalism, which had been encouraged during the French occupation, as well as nationalist sentiments. During this reactionary period, Friedrich's work was also suppressed because his openly expressed liberal ideas clearly drew the displeasure of the authorities.