Exhibition "Meeting over a century. Estate culture of Kaluga Region in the works of art, documents and objects XVIII - XIX centuries "and the presentation of scientific catalog of the collection of Russian painting of XVIII century from the museum collect

in the Kaluga Regional Art Museum is historic and artistic exhibition «Meeting a century. Estate culture of Kaluga Region in the works of art, documents and objects XVIII - XIX centuries », dedicated to the 90 th anniversary of the founding of the State Archives of the Kaluga region. This is a partnership project of the Kaluga Regional Art Museum, Kaluga regional museum and the State Archives of the Kaluga region. The task of the exhibition to reunite a century in the exposition of archival documents, works of art, everyday objects, which were previously in the estates were connected lives of individuals, and is currently fragmented and are in collections and museums and various stores in the archive.

important part of the exhibition are the original archival documents, which show the life, activities, property Kaluga representatives of the nobility, including those depicted in portraits.

The exhibition is housed in the grand suite of architectural monument of the XIX century urban estate Bilibin-Chistokletovyh, which are preserved in the interiors of the Empire style, the characteristic for the landed estates of the time. Combined into a single composition of the exhibition of monumental and decorative painting, art, historical documents help recreate the climate of a nobleman's mansion, tell you about the most famous aristocratic estates Kaluga province, and to give a manor culture XVIII - XIX centuries.

exhibition will run until December 20, 2009.

Today, 3 December, at 14.00 in the Kaluga Regional Art Museum will be a presentation of the book" Russian painting of XVIII century », which is a scholarly catalog of the collection of Russian painting of XVIII century from the museum collection. Besides the works of Russian painters, the directory includes works by Revelation (cloth foreign artists who worked in Russia), the existence of which is connected with the formation of manor of artistic culture of the Kaluga region.

catalog, in addition to a review article and the actual catalog data, including color illustrations and the corresponding references in the footnotes.

This edition introduces the scientific revolution building works required for the reconstruction of national fine art. The author-compiler of the catalog - Svetlana Lichenko, Ph.D., head of scientific and Exhibition Department of the museum. The publication was published by "Friedhelm».

publication is planned publishing projects implemented Kaluga Regional Art Museum, and is designed for art historians, museum and library professionals, collectors, lovers of art.

Source: mkrf. ru , artmuseum.kaluga.ru