The History of the Discovery and Study of Russian Medieval Painting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vzdornov, Gerol'd I.

Contributor:

Dereviagin, Valerii G.

Series:

Russian History and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Russian-Historiography..

Art, Medieval-Russia-Historiography..

Historiography-Russia-History-19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2017.

Summary:

The first study to trace the emergence of the art historical interest in icon painting in the nineteenth century with its evident impact on the course of Russian modernism in the twentieth century.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 General Information on Russian Icons and Frescoes

Chapter 2 First Steps in the Discovery of Medieval Russian Painting

Chapter 3 The Artist-Archaeologist F. G. Solntsev and the Artist-Restorer N. I. Podkliuchnikov

Chapter 4 The 1840s Men of Letters, Palaeologists, Collectors

Chapter 5 F. I. Buslaev and His Contemporaries

Chapter 6 Learned Societies

Chapter 7 Museums, Private Collections, and Exhibitions

Chapter 8 Academy and University Scholarship

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

OCLC:

1064983452