Art for all times. Essays on the history of decorative and applied art

In the book of candidate of art history V.A. Lebedeva, the history of European decorative arts is presented in accordance with the author’s concept, according to which small forms are considered as self-value artistic phenomena that have their own development logic. At the same time, general historical and cultural phenomena and national features are not denied. The author tells an affordable language about the evolution of ceramics, art and metal products, furniture, illuminating such issues as figuratively functional specifics, plot-thematic content, principles of shaping, etc. The main text complements comments containing highly specialized information-bibliographic and reference information, Descriptions of sarc and stigma, details of the technological process, etc. This book, which is hooded as a textbook for students of art schools and universities, goes beyond such a letter and capable of both interest to an unprepared reader, and be useful for historians, restorers and collectors