arkady politov was called the last st.y esthete, the brightest representative of russian art criticism. in the 1980s and 90s , he was part of the baghema of the northern capital. is friends with timur novikov and the artists of his new academy with film critic and trendsetter of ideas alexander timofeevsky. his short marriage to avdotya smirnova dates back to the same period. later she will make several films where the main characters are museum employees; the director will say that these images were copied from ippolitov. in the area of ​​attention of hermitage employee arkady ipolitov was the art of engraving and photography, the architecture of italy, and above all the starry andre paladio. the influence of which was experienced by many masters, including russians. since the beginning of the 20th century, ipolitov has become a curator of exhibitions in which he combines or contrasts seemingly incomparable things. classicism, which does not always coincide with the classics, and the same art critics can use such an oxyma

art critic arkady politov died in st. worked at the armitage, was one of the world's leading experts in the field of italian art, curated many exhibitions around the world, about his creative path, zinaaida kurbatova. the russian path from dionysius to malevich, an exhibition that took place in the vatican in 2018. it was entirely his idea to show the spiritual path of russian artists over five centuries. the appearance of christ to the people of ivanovo and nearby ancient icons, the best and most sacred in russian art, ushakov, lyuvitan, malevich. the exposition ended with the icon of you rejoices, signifying the spiritual unity of all people in the church and worldly life; the pope visited the exhibition and stopped in front of kromsky’s paintings. this exhibition became the second part of a grandiose russian-italian project. the first one took place in moscow and was dedicated to rome and its place in world culture. arkady politov was called the last st. petersburg dandy, a gloomy esthete, the brightest representative