In honor of 525 anniversary of the birth of Raphael and the 250 th anniversary of the Scientific Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts exhibition opens «Canon beauty of Raphael. (Age of Raphael and Russian Art School) »

Today in the front rooms of the Scientific Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts exhibition opens «Canon beauty of Raphael. (Age of Raphael and Russian Art School) »from the museum funds. It was prepared jointly with the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg and is devoted to 525 anniversary of the birth of Raphael and the 250 th anniversary of the museum.

will be shown over a hundred paintings and pencil copies of XVIII - XIX centuries with works by Raphael and his contemporaries, P. Perugino, Andrea del Sarto, M. Albertinelli, Franchabidzho; engravings of European and Russian schools, reproducing the most famous work of one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance. The wonderful wonderful watercolors by Russian architects made at the time the improvement in Italy (FF Richter, A. Tomishko, MT Panafidin, G. Grimm, and E. R. Bach portrayed the interiors of the villa Madama in Rome). For the more we approach the era of the exhibition includes a unique cork models of ancient monuments of Rome including the Pantheon, triumphant arches. Performed in the studio of Antonio Kiki by order of Catherine II, they are broadcast appearance Eternal City, of those facilities, which he admired.

Raphael Santi, as no other representative of a culture of the Renaissance, was a Russian art school model of excellence and a deep comprehension of the ancient samples. Visitors will be able to assess the quality of copies made by talented Russian painters - KP Bryullov , FA Bruni , T. Goretsky, brothers MT and A. V. Markov and other life-size. Copying of designs of outstanding artists past and, above all, Raphael, was one of the most important disciplines in the Imperial Academy of Arts. For the first time will show excellent copies of European masters from such well-known Raphael originals as «Three Graces», «Madonna with scheglenkom» , written in the XVIII century. A separate section is devoted to the study of Russian artists painting houses Farnezina.

During the exhibition, which will last until November 30 inclusive, will be guided tours and demonstrations of documentaries «Vatican. Papal palace »and« Sistine Chapel. Stations and loggias of Raphael ».

Source: nimrah.ru