"Monuments of Urartu in the Hermitage
ARTinvestment.RU   15 декабря 2010

Represented 30 of the most striking Urartian monuments from the collection Torkoma Demirdzhyana donated by the Hermitage in 2009

The State Hermitage Museum (Antechamber of the Winter Palace) opened an exhibition "Monuments of Urartu. New Items. On the 90 th anniversary of the Oriental Department ».

Urartian and Caucasian collection of antiquities, donated to the museum by collectors Torkomom Demirdzhyanom, gallery owner," Ariadne "in New York, under the mediation of the Hermitage Fund, USA (Hermitage Museum Foundation, USA), in late 2009 - one of the most significant acquisitions of the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage Museum in recent years. All items of the collection come from private collections in Western Europe and America.

total collection of over 150 items - not only of Urartu, but and Caucasian dourartskih. The exhibition devoted to the 90 th anniversary of the Oriental Department, will present 30 of the most striking Urartian monuments. They are all in excellent preservation and restoration require minimal intervention.

Among the exposed subjects predominate bronze. Particularly interesting Urartian belts: to purchase a new collection in the Hermitage store only one such zone, the exhibition shows the belt widths with typical images - scenes of feasting and offerings of gifts, hunting scenes, fantastic creatures.

addition to belts, to the display are parts of horse harness decorated with inscriptions and images, votive plates, bracelets, pins, pectoral.

One of the jewelry collection - a bronze helmet with molnievidnym symbol on forehead part. It is believed that this symbol of the Urartian god of war Teysheby. Exhibition is supplemented by a selection of pottery - the brightest of large vessels with a list.

value of the new collection is great for the East Division. The main part of the Hermitage's collection of antiquities Urartu comes from excavations of the hill Karmir-Bloor, which is due to many years of research by Boris Piotrovsky well studied and a reference monument of culture of Urartu. Newly acquired collection will in future report to the permanent exhibition of masterpieces of Urartu art from other places.

curator of the exhibition - Natalia Kozlova, Head of Department of East State Hermitage Museum.

The exhibition runs until January 16, 2011.

Source: hermitagemuseum.org



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