“Blue Rose” Movement: Twenty-First Century. Moscow Symbolism in the Light of Recent Studies

The article traces the history of perception and study masters “Blue Rose” as a symbolist movement in Russian art early twentieth century. versatile sphere expression leading representatives “second wave” Symbolism, traditionally associated with Moscow decadence 1900s, is subjected to more thorough differentiated analysis context recent research. If first historians group phenomenon concentrated on movement’s generalized description, nowadays program aspects Blue Rose aesthetics are being explored details, poorly studied artists’ creative biographies brought up date. growing archive base allows us take new look at key moments poetics’ formation its involvement development modernism, indicating stage works symbolists.