Today the Russian Museum opened two new exhibitions. "Elected Clio. Heroes and Villains in Russian history "and" Holy Russian Land "

Today, December 8, the State Russian Museum, Benois Wing (Griboyedov Canal Embankment, 2) open two new exhibitions.

«Elected Clio. Heroes and Villains in Russian history »

The exhibition features about 350 paintings, drawings and sculptures from the collections of the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, State Historical Museum, State Museum of History religion, the All-Russian Pushkin Museum, etc.

The pictures Ilya Repin , Mikhail Nesterov , Valentin Serov , Konstantin Makovsky , Nikolai Ge , Vasily Perov , Alexander Samokhvalov in front of the spectator gallery will be historical figures: the rulers and rebels, generals and peacekeepers, saints and sinners. The exposition is in chronological order and covers more than a thousand years of national history: from calling Vikings and origin of the Russian state to the first president of our country.

«We interrogate the past and asks that they explain to us our present, and hinted to us about our future "- wrote Belinsky. This phrase can serve as a leitmotif of the exhibition at the Russian Museum.

exhibition opens to the public tomorrow, December 9 and will run until mid-April 2011.

« Holy Russian Land »

The exhibition will present over 300 of the most significant in the artistic monuments of religious art XII - early XX century. The exhibition aims to reflect the history of Russian sanctity of the ancient period to the beginning of XX century. Centuries of history is presented in likah holy princes, bishops, saints, holy fools, righteous. Among them - the first national holy princes-martyrs Boris and Gleb, the founder of Russian monasticism, saints Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves, Sergius of Radonezh their followers, Kirill Belozersky, Alexander Svirsky, Seraphim, Metropolitan of Moscow Peter and Alex, and many other holy defender and protector of the Russian land .

first images of Russian saints are represented in all varieties - the icons and embroidered cover, shrouds, crucifix and icons, books and objects of liturgical utensils. Among them are such masterpieces of ancient art, as icons of Saints Boris and Gleb »XIV century hagiographic image of Cyril of White Lake, associated with the name of the celebrated masters of Dionysius, embroidered icon of Tsarevich Dmitry Uglich, performed in the studio of Anna Stroganova in 1656, the famous gospel Khristoforova XV century .

The exhibition opens to the public tomorrow, December 9 and will run until the end of April 2011.

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