Russian Magazine Illustration of the XIX Century: Method of Systematization

Section: History of Journalism

Russian magazine illustration of the XIX century — the phenomenon which is not yet sufficiently explored, especially from the viewpoint of the use toward fiction and imagination in creating the image or, vice versa, toward strict documentary and reality, both in the contents and the stylistics of graphics. This article examines three genres of Russian magazine graphics: portrait, military report and satirical and humorous picture.