This course offers a survey of Russian art from the first to the third millennia, from religious icons to commercial ones. We will look at early broadsides, society portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings, as well as a wide range of Russian handicrafts. Special emphasis will be placed on the halcyon period from 1910 to 1930, when Russian Cubo-Futurists, Suprematists, and Constructivists profoundly influenced the development of art throughout the Western world. After examining the Socialist Realism of the Stalin era, we will progress through Moscow conceptualism to the current appropriation of Western style into a post-Soviet aesthetic. Requirements: active class participation, two 3- to 5-page papers, one class presentation, and a final 10-15 page paper or final exam. No prerequisites.