Russian tribute to the classics. The role of the Moscow school in the development of domestic architecture and sculpture of the second

The book is devoted to the study of the contribution of Russian artistic culture to the formation and development of one of the big world styles - the classicism of the second half of the 18th - early 19th centuries on the material of architecture and sculpture. The special role of the Moscow school in this process is emphasized. Based on the problems of heritage and inheritance, the author, in the part dedicated to architecture, conducts the reader on the enfilads of the most important issues for the fate of the style in Russia: the inertia of baroque, typology and iconography of the classic building, the specifics of Moscow preferences, the alliance of architecture and nature, as well as the laws of the exposition ensemble. The science of the era of classicism is represented in the light of the interaction of “imitative” and allegorical tasks. Here he is immersed in the world of Russian history as a source of topics in academic art, gets acquainted with the features of using the thematic arsenal of ancient myths in a series of there are no facilities of Russian Minerva, including in the bas -reliefs of the Moscow Senate. The book closes the book of a classically strict analysis of the memorial masterpieces of Moscow and St. Petersburg: a monument to Minin and the Pozharsky and Alexander column. Attention is also paid to the estate as a special place for the implementation of memorial plans.
Based on his own and collective research experience, using rare, including archival data, the author shows a steady increase in the significance of Moscow in the artistic life of the Russian Empire in question.
A modern scientific approach and a fascinating show of the specifics of ancient art make an interesting book not only for experts, humanitarian students, but also everyone who is concerned about the domestic, including Moscow classics.
compilers: O.S. Vevangulova, A.A. Karev