Our Institute

The Academy of Arts was built by the architects A. Kokorinov and V. Delamoth in 1757. The Repin Art Institute is at the building at present.

There are five faculties at the Institute: the faculty of painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture and the history of art. All applicants must pass entrance exams in general and special subjects.

There are full-time and correspondence departments at the faculty of the history of art. At both students study the history of Russian and foreign art, philosophy, Russian history, world history, world literature, drawing, painting, foreign languages, the basics of history and theory of painting etc.

Art historian background implies not only advanced studying of general subjects but also studying of related subjects helping students to become professionals – the history of music, the history of mythology etc.

At the faculty of painting students paint and draw from living models and work at compositions. They study plastic anatomy and gain technical know-how. They study the best classical heritage of Russian and world art and copy the masterpieces of old masters. Apart from the special subjects the curriculum includes social sciences, philosophy, aesthetics, the history of art, foreign languages, anatomy, perspective, painting materials etc.

Drawing is fundamental to all fine arts because it requires from students the ability to perceive space and form and convey them by means of graphic media. Composition develops the creative imagination in students and helps them to build up pictures.

The key subject of the faculty of graphic arts is drawing with water-colour painting. Besides engravings and lithography students work on lettering and book design, book and magazine illustration and easel painting.

The faculty of sculpture produces sculptors well-skilled in monumental and decorative sculpture. The key subject is sculptural sketching and drawing. Sculptural composition is also fundamental and important.

There are both general and special subjects at the faculty of architecture. Its curriculum is wide. Architects study architectural design, the strength of materials, physics, philosophy, theoretical mechanics, the history of architecture, aesthetics, foreign languages etc.

The course takes 6 years at all the faculties except the full-time department of the faculty of the history of art where it takes 5 years.

Tuition fees vary from free to quite large amounts of money per year. Students get state grants, drawing and painting media: paints (oils and water-colours), clay, plasticine, pencils, brushes etc.

Every summer students spend a couple of months doing practical work in various parts of Russia.

Список рекомендованной литературы.

1.Голицынский Ю. Б. Грамматика. Сборник упражнений. СПб.: изд. Каро, 2010 (или более раннее издание).

2.Качалова К. Н., Израилевич Е. Е. Практическая грамматика английского языка. СПб.: изд. Каро, 2006 (или издание другого года).

3.Миловидов В. А. Десять консультаций по английскому языку. – М.: Айрис Пресс, 2001.