ANDRE LEVINSON’S LEGACY EVALUATED BY FOREIGN CRITICS IN THE 1920S AND 1930S
Abstract
The article deals with a famous Russian fine art expert and dramatic critic Andre Levinson and evaluation of his works by French and Russian emigre critics in the 1930s. Although he deserves to be rated among the most outstanding fine art critics of his day according to foreign press notices, Andre Levinson was unduly disremembered for a long time by the Soviet critics. On putting forward the ideas engendered within the aesthetic theory by Stephane Mallarme and Paul Valery, he based his own concept of dance art referring to legacy and traditions as a guideline. His expertise, his evidence-based approach and principled ground for protecting the classic ballet were referred to even by his opponents. Multiple quotes of his contemporaries provided in the article rime his name to the French ballet Renaissance and to the ballet science-based approach. The analysis helps us to estimate the level and to value the impact that Levinson’s works had on foreign and Russian ballet criticism generation. This kind of research is relevant for the art historiography. It can also be useful for creating new methodological approaches to the theory of art.
About the Author
V. В. Kholopov
Ogarev Mordovia State University
Russian Federation
Vitaly B. Kholopov
68, Bolshevistskaya Str., Saransk, 430005
Russian Federation
Vitaly B. Kholopov
68, Bolshevistskaya Str., Saransk, 430005
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Review
For citations:
Kholopov V.В. ANDRE LEVINSON’S LEGACY EVALUATED BY FOREIGN CRITICS IN THE 1920S AND 1930S. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2018;(1):121-129. (In Russ.)
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