Özet:

The reign of Petro I is the most distinctive period of Russian culture. The socalled Baroque period of Russian art covers the early seventeenth and late eighteenth centuries and can be examined in three different schools as follows: Moscow Baroque, Petro I Baroque, Yelizaveta’s Baroque. The new style of the era developed together with the changes in social and economical life and aesthetic values. A large number of foreign painters who spent varying lengths of time in Russia contributed to the Russian style. On the other hand the painters who were sent to Europe by Petro I had produce remarkable works in the European spirit. In the final analysis it can be stated that although the Russian Baroque is influenced by European art, it is closely related with the narrative tradition and nationalistic characteristic such as optimism