Within the late tenth century, Kiev produced enamelled liturgical and some secular objects that adhered to Byzantine traditions. During the course of the 17th century the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow and various northern trading centres emerged as major bases for the manufacture of both liturgical and secular enamels while the key to the programme of westernization initiated by Peter the Great in the early 18th century was the attraction of foreign artisans who brought their own techniques to the new capital of St. Petersburg. The nineteenth century closed with a dichotomy of styles: classicizing, courtly traditions that flourished in St. Petersburg, all of which were demonstrated in the art of the pre-eminent master, Carl Faberge. However, Moscow served as the heart of the Russian revival movement, and it is the vibrantly coloured and exotic-looking revival enamels that are so highly prized by collectors today. Russia drew from many cultures to develop its own distinctive styles and methods of enamelling; its strategic location on the trade routes between western Europe and Asia, and between Scandinavia and the Byzantine and Islamic Near East was particularly relevant. The enamels illustrated in this book are from three sources: Henry Walters, the founder of the gallery in Baltimore that bears his family's name, visited St Petersburg and patronized the firm of Carl Faberge in the summer of 1900, while Marjorie Merriweather Post's superb holdings of Russian and French 18th and 19th century decorative arts are housed in the Hillwood Museum in Washington D.C. The third source is a private collector who began exploring the entire range of subjects, styles and technoques of enamelling associated with the Russian revival movement.

Russian Enamels: Kievan Rus to Fabergé

History

Odom, Anne

Russia

Philip Wilson Publishers

Book by Odom, Anne, Arend, Liana Paredes

A Taste for Splendor : Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum

Liana Paredes Arend

Art Services International

9x9" 208 pages color illustrated with 120 plates. Copyright 1996 thus a First Edition, published by The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore - The Hillwood Museum, Washington D.C. - Philip Wilson Publishers, London.

Russian Enamels : Kievan Rus to Faberge

Walters Art Gallery

Examines exemplary pieces from the collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post.

Faberge at Hillwood

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Hillwood Museum Bookshop

Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial & European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Arend, Liana Paredes

Antiques & Collectibles

Univ of Washington Pr

From the collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post.

Russian Imperial Porcelain at Hillwood

Russian Imperial Procelain at Hillwood

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The Duchess of Bristol

Romance

Historical

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight

Humor & Entertainment

Bulmahn, Jason

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Cox, Evan

Kirkland, Marc

Kirkland, Matthias

Puzzles & Games

Paizo, Inc.

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