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Olga Kruglova / TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOODWORK 1st Edition 1974

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Language:Russian
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Author:Kruglova, Olga
Publisher:Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo
Unit Quantity:238 pages
Year Printed:1974
Original/Facsimile:Original

The collection of artistic wooden articles of the Zagorsk State Historical and Art Museum is one of the richest and most complete among other collections of Russian folk art. The exhibits began to be collected in the 1930s. Particularly large acquisitions have been made during the last two decades by the expeditions of the Museum for the collection and study of Russian folk art. This work was in the main carried out in the northern regions of Russia and in the Upper and Middle Povolzhye.1 These territories abound in forests and therefore wood was the main material used for building houses, churches, big and small ships as well as for making furniture, implements of labour, household utensils and children’s toys. The collection of wooden articles acquired by the numerous expeditions of the Zagorsk Museum is famed for its artistic value. The exhibits date chiefly from the 19th and early 20th centuries. From time immemorial man strove to impart beauty to the things made for use in the household. The feeling of beauty developed in him in the process of labour with the result that the creative work of the people constitutes one of the brightest facets of its national culture. Many peasant houses, which often themselves were fine specimens of wooden architecture, were filled with artistically made household imple-ments. Chests and cradles, distaffs and sheikas?, battledores and scutchers, bowls and salt-cellars as well as sleds and shaft-bows were skilfully carved and painted creating a whole world of poetic images. Carpentry was highly developed in the forest regions of Russia. The builders of wooden structures attached great importance to their carved decor. The carving on the façades of the izbas is one of the most striking kinds of peasant art in the 19th century. It was particularly well developed in the Povolzhye. Boards covered with a rich raised design on a deeply carved background decorated the timbered façade of the izba. The carving accentuated the outline of the pediment, skilfully framed the window cases and ornamented the upper parts of gates and wickets. Often the carving represents a rich floral pattern with tendrils interwoven with big daisies, bunches of grapes and ornamental fruit resembling large cones of fantastic trees. Sometimes the richly carved designs include lions with humanized heads, beregin’ appearing as water-nymphs, and sirinss with regal crowns. The fancy of the craftsman knew no bounds. His chisel seemed to be…(introduction)

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