"Holy Russia" in Paris, the exhibition at the Louvre until May 25

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Сообщение от tchaika

And you, Cyril, Ivan Shmelev read?

Here, you are now advised, I will read.


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Сообщение от tiffany

Icons XIV-XV centuries .. became known only after the revolution. They were dragged into the daylight of the churches, lifted the salaries, painting opened, it became evident. The whole world saw it and gasped.

It is not.
Even in the XIX century. began collecting ancient iconography.
There was a lot of collectors and have been decrees on the establishment of museums.
 
Start collection of ancient art at the Tretyakov Gallery was laid by PM Tretyakov: in 1890 they were acquired from the collection of icons, IL Silin, displayed in the halls of the Historical Museum at the time of VIII Archaeological Congress in Moscow. In the future were made and other acquisitions from other private collections, including the collection of N. Postnikov, SA Egorova, antiquary, P. Ivanov. It consisted of the icons of the Novgorod and Moscow schools; icons strogonovskih letters (ie, created in workshops owned by rich people Stroganoff). Among these acquisitions were such masterpieces as the icon "King King" ("Queen of Repre») XV century, "Good fruit doctrine" early XVII century, written by Nicephorus Savin, "Alexei Metropolitan» XVII century.