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The Arts in Russia is an excursion-based program that teaches art history through the collections of St. Petersburg's famed museums. Browse the storage and restoration labs of the palatial Hermitage. Study the city of St. Petersburg as an artistic statement and as a reflection of history. Practice studio art, perform independent study, and/or intern with the Hermitage Youth Center! The art is in Russia! - Dates and Costs - Summer, 2010: Includes RS-100/200/300, and AR-105.
Cost: $4 695* June 7 - July 18, 2010 (Apply by Mar 31, 2010) - Curriculum - RS-100/200/300 Russian Language Study
Courses offered at six different levels, from beginning to advanced. For more information see SRAS's suggested syllabi for beginning (100), intermediate (200), and advanced (300).
Academic Hours: Summer: 72** AR-205 The Arts in Russia throughout History Course Syllabus
This overview course introduces the history of Russian visual arts through a survey of its most prominent achievements and examines the role of art in Russian society through an investigation of the masterpieces accumulated and admired in Russia. Includes trip to Novgorod and excursions throughout St. Petersburg. Optional: AR-310 Focus on Russian Art
Explore Russian art through six visits to the State Russian Museum - one of the world's largest and most significant depositories of Russian fine art and a leading center of Russian scholarship in the arts. Classes are taught in English by curators, researchers, and professors. The course includes a session on Russian Icons, three sessions on Russian art of the 18th-19th century and two sessions on the Russian avant-garde. Classes meet in the afternoon. Schedule details to be determined. RSL students may also take this elective as an add-on course.
Added cost: Summer: $375 Optional: Art History Electives
Academic Hours: Summer: Varies**
Added cost: Summer: $375 each AR-201 Between the Stone Age and Modernity
Study art history as it has unfolded in various times, places, and cultures through the systematic exploration of the vast Hermitage collections. AR-202 The Greeks, the Romans and the Nomads of the Steppes
Investigate collections of Greco-Roman art and the Hemitage’s unique holdings of gold artifacts created by the Scythians. AR-203 Oases on the Great Silk Road
Examine the art of the ancient states of Central Asia – Parthia, Bactria, Soghdia and Khorezm. AR-204 Buddhist and Islamic Art
Explore a matchless collection of 13th and 14th century Buddhist art, a striking variety of Iranian bronzes, and more. Optional: Studio Art Electives
Academic Hours: Summer: Varies**
Added cost: Summer: $375 each AR-211 Copying from the Great Masters
Create a perfect copy of a 17th century oil painting. AR-212 Perspective Drawing
Concentrate on rendering architectural elements in your choice of graphite, charcoal, or sanguine. AR-213 Printmaking
Employ relief or intaglio, monotype or lithography. AR-214 Folk Arts
Learn to create wood-paintings in Russian traditional styles. *Costs: Costs include tuition for study as outlined, dorm stay (St. Petersburg State University), TORFL testing (optional), visa and registration, pre-departure materials, local orientation, health and accident insurance (with restrictions), round-trip airport transfers, SRAS in-country support, and use of a cell phone while in Moscow. *Prerequisites: Minimum GPA of 2.5 overall and 3.0 in major courses. No former knowledge of Russian required. *Program Objectives: Two semesters of RS-100/200/300 is the equivalent of two to three years of college-level Russian at home. Program classes are designed to broaden student's ability to create, understand, and critique art. *About the Classes: All courses are taught in English and designed to fulfill credit requirements in multiple areas. You classmates will be mostly North Americans and West Europeans. When you arrive for your program, you will be placed in a group according to your language level, as determined by a short written or oral exam. Depending on your level, you may be placed in a group that is already formed, or with other new arrivals of the same level. *Program Hosting: This program is overseen by SRAS Partner Elena Varshavskaya, Ph.D, who has over two decades of research and teaching experience in the fields of Russian, Central Asian, and Far Eastern Art. All art classes (studio and history) are taught by Elena Varshavskaya and instructors from the Hermitage Education Center, which is part of the Hermitage Museum. All language classes are taught by professors from St. Petersburg State University. **Academic Hours: An academic hour is 40 minutes. Totals listed are minimum hours for full-semester or summer-session courses. Customized courses will vary. Some locations may offer additional seminars in language or other subjects. Customized courses are available for advanced students and heritage speakers with specific interests. See our FAQ page and/or contact SRAS for more information. **Credit Transfer and Transcripts: Each week of RSL generally yields one credit. However, how many credits your home university may award depends entirely on your home university. SRAS recommends discussing this with your advisor and SRAS before you apply. Students planning on applying for credit transfer must read our FAQ page for more info. St. Petersburg University, an accredited Russian instiuttion, can issue a trascript for this program if requested. Students who will need a transcript must read our FAQ page for more information before applying for the program. 
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Students outside the Hermitage. | 
Sketching the masterpieces of the Hermitage. |
| "It was great! I'm very glad I went, it was a ton of fun as well as being academically useful. My language skills definitely grew dramatically - I'm even surprised how much my accent improved." W. White, Summer 2008 (St. Petersburg) |
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| I wish you could see the notebooks that I filled on this trip, not only with facts and notes from tours and class, but with sketches and observations and lists of differences and similarities that I noticed...We absolutely packed our time with seeing everything that we could and while I know there is so much more, I also know that we could not have better spent our time. M. Tyson, Summer 2005 (St. Petersburg) |
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