"My collection of" art-gallery

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Svyatoslav A. Nikitenko.
Artistic Profession: stonecutter.
Born April 15, 1960 in Rostov-on-Don. In 1982 - graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Architecture and Building Academy, faculty of architecture. Works in the field of small plastic. The main direction - cameos, Gate icon. Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine ..
 Vintage, Antique, retrosmes of Victorian style and the style of Art Nouveau - today we relish, remember what so "good" forgotten many years ago. After several decades of total domination of techno and minimalism Emasculated we have every reason to afford the weakness possession bagatelles, who came from the distant past. Pleasure is more agreeable than the old or the possession of his story. Along with furniture, art deco, Jouy fabrics, corsets, Victorian black amber and lace mitts back and cameos, not only as antique curiosities, but as a high art of today.

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agree that a better filter than the time and stricter judge than it is not found. Perhaps that is why Glyptics (art of stone carving), born in Sumerian, Akkadian times, and survived with dignity and social and artistic metamorphosis of several thousand years is a true delight to art-lovers of cameos and intaglios.

In Russia gems came from Byzantium, together with the adoption of Christianity, having had by this time several times die and be born. That stone miniatures in Russia began to make in the era of Christianization could not affect the subjects of ancient cameos. From the bones, limestone, slate, sandstone, carved Christ, the Virgin and the saints, but these icons were worn as amulets worn under clothing, thanks to what became known as gating icons. By the XVI century tradition faded. And only in the XVIII century cameos again reminded himself. Thank you to Catherine the Great, the mother, who in the intervals between public concerns and personal pastimes collect antique cameos, and I must say, a collection was delicious.

The last wave of hype on the miniatures of stone fell on the modern with its passion for everything exquisitely pretentious. Perhaps today's confident return cameos in position bohemian mistress - also, incidentally, came on the turn of the century - may be considered to some extent predictable.

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1.Svyatoslav Nikitenko.
2. Cameo on faceted topaz. Virgin Hodegetria.
3. Cameo on Morion. Archangel Michael.
4. Cameo on carnelian. Antique portrait.
5. Cameo on topaz. Virgin Affection.
6. Cameo on carnelian. Saint Olga.
7. Cameo on citrine. Virgin Affection.
8. Cameo on citrine. Nicholas.
9. Cameo on topaz. Protection of the Virgin.
10. Cameo on topaz. Vladimir Mother of God.