State Armoury in the Moscow Kremlin

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THE STATE ARMOURY IN THE MOSCOW KREMLIN IS A MUSEUM HOUSING WORKS OF APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ART, MADE BOTH IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD, WHICH ARE CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH MANY MAJOR EVENTS IN RUSSIAN HISTORY, WITH RUSSIAN TRADITION AND LEGEND. 'i^^L^^K^, IN COMPILING THIS ALBUM THE ARMOURY STAFF HAVE SELECTED WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE FROM THE ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL POINTS OF VIEW. IN THEIR ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES THEY HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO PROVIDE THE MOST VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM, THE WAY ITS UNIQUE COLLECTION WAS BUILT UP AND THE STYLISTIC FEATURES OF ITS MASTERP1ECES. NAMES OF A NUMBER OF RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN MASTER CRAFTSMEN ARE MENTIONED WHICH HAVE ONLY RECENTLY COME TO LIGHT AFTER YEARSOF PAINSTAKING RESEARCH.
THIS WORK DIFFERS FROM ANY OTHER IN THAT IT ATTEMPTS TO CLASS1FY THE EXHIBITS DEPENDING ON PLACE OF ORIGIN, ON WHETHER THEY WERE MADE BY RUSSIAN, WESTERN OR ORIENTÁL MASTER CRAFTSMEN. IT SHOWS THAT THE ARMOUR Y IN THE MOSCOW KREMLIN IS A MUSEUM CONTAINING... Tovább

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THE STATE ARMOURY IN THE MOSCOW KREMLIN IS A MUSEUM HOUSING WORKS OF APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ART, MADE BOTH IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD, WHICH ARE CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH MANY MAJOR EVENTS IN RUSSIAN HISTORY, WITH RUSSIAN TRADITION AND LEGEND. 'i^^L^^K^, IN COMPILING THIS ALBUM THE ARMOURY STAFF HAVE SELECTED WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE FROM THE ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL POINTS OF VIEW. IN THEIR ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES THEY HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO PROVIDE THE MOST VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM, THE WAY ITS UNIQUE COLLECTION WAS BUILT UP AND THE STYLISTIC FEATURES OF ITS MASTERP1ECES. NAMES OF A NUMBER OF RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN MASTER CRAFTSMEN ARE MENTIONED WHICH HAVE ONLY RECENTLY COME TO LIGHT AFTER YEARSOF PAINSTAKING RESEARCH.
THIS WORK DIFFERS FROM ANY OTHER IN THAT IT ATTEMPTS TO CLASS1FY THE EXHIBITS DEPENDING ON PLACE OF ORIGIN, ON WHETHER THEY WERE MADE BY RUSSIAN, WESTERN OR ORIENTÁL MASTER CRAFTSMEN. IT SHOWS THAT THE ARMOUR Y IN THE MOSCOW KREMLIN IS A MUSEUM CONTAINING WORLD MASTER Pl ECES AND THAT ITS TREASURES ARE A UNIQUE LEGACY OF WORLD CULTURE, NOT ONLY OF RUSSIAN NATIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS. THE ARMOUR Y IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST INTERESTING AND ORIGINÁL MUSEUMS. HAVING COME INTO BEING AS THE TREASURY OF THE GRAND PRINCES OF MOSCOW BACK IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, THE ARMOURY GREW GRADUALLY UNTIL IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, WHEN THE MOSCOW KREMLIN BECAME RUSSIA'S CULTURAL CENTRE, IT IN FACT BECAME A KIND OF MUSEUM. FOR THE MASTER CRAFTSMEN EMPLOYED AT THE NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS OF THE KREMLIN THE WORKS OF ART GATHERED IN THE ARMOURY SERVED AS EXAMPLES TO STUDY AND FOLLOW. THE EXHIBITS COVER THE PERIOD FROM THE F1FTH TO THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. gföfó Vissza