Architectural drawings from the collection of the Hermitage and the meeting C. Coban
ET, October 13 - December 16, 2012
St. Petersburg, Chief Headquarters, 4th Floor
in the General Staff Exhibition "Library Architecture" organized by the State Hermitage together with the Sergey Choban.
The exhibition presents more than 80 architectural drawings XVIII - XXI centuries from the collections of the State Hermitage Museum and Sergey Choban.
LEBBEUS Woods architectural composition. 1989 Watercolors, colored pencils, pencil © Foundation C. Coban. Museum of architectural drawing. 2012 Source: | Jacques-Francois Blondel, JR project finishes Art Gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts in the University. Transverse section. 1756-1758 pen, brush, ink, watercolor © State Hermitage Museum, 2012 Source: |
collections from all over the world architectural gems were presented in ensembles Park Monceau, Sanssouci, Stowe. Empress Catherine II placed his collection in Tsarskoye Selo, in the parks, miles created in 1770-80's. Catherine "collecting architecture" extended not only to buildings, but also in paper materials about them - the architectural library of Empress Catherine II if not comprehensive, that there are at least several thousand books and special uvrazhey . gallery and library of the monarch, in addition to satisfy the curiosity of the owner, was of a representative character, set the tone and style of working at the court of the architects. So "paper" library architecture generated a real architecture.
GIUSEPPE Galli Bibiena Theatre Stage in the palace garden pen, brush, bistre, ink © State Hermitage Museum, 2012 Source: | Jean-François Thomas de Thomon View of the Pantheon in Rome. 1790 Watercolor © State Hermitage Museum, 2012 Source: |
objective of the exhibition - to compare images, borrowed from the collections of different types: a living growing collection practicing architect Sergey Choban, with just over a decade - and the old imperial collection, which goes back to acquisitions Catherine II. works selected for the exhibition of the "library architecture" Fund Sergey Choban, which in 2013 formed the core of the Museum of architectural drawing in Berlin.
Both collections are and have never been exhibited works - the latest acquisition of the Berlin and St. Petersburg new attribution. The latter include architectural sketches Berto di Sansepolcro, rare composition, attributed to Jean Goujon, the legendary theater project Jesuits at the College Louis le Grand, created under the direction Blondel Younger. exhibition is built on the principle of dialogue between the two collections, which is reflected in the catalog (State Hermitage Publishing House, 2012). Figures in it together in pairs: it works attributed to the same architect (compare two drawings by Thomas de Thomon, Klerisso), performed on a single theme or only indirectly complement each other in different ways in developing a similar idea. These two monuments monument of the French Revolution - a monument to Hercules Gallic work Petito and design of the monument on the ruins of the Bastille Prieur. sketches column Berto di Sansepolcro fantasy echoes of Jean-Louis Leger. dialog allows to draw parallels across the centuries and styles of architecture, in which the architectural fantasy Libeskind on his noble quirkiness and inner musicality is surprisingly consonant project fountain Pinot.
Sergei Choban Gateway Moscow-Volga Canal III. 2001 Watercolor and ink © State Hermitage Museum, 2012 Source: | Hubert Robert Villa Madama. Around 1760 pen ink, brush, watercolor © State Hermitage Museum, 2012 Source: |
When the State Hermitage Museum will greatly appreciate the gift of two paintings created by Sergei Ciobanu, and a series of projects of other architects to create a set of "Embankment of Europe».
Curator - Dmitry Y. Ozerkov , head of the Department of Contemporary Art at the State Hermitage Museum, PhD. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog (State Hermitage Publishing House, 2012). Authors - DY Ozerkov, VG Shevchenko, a leading researcher in the Department of Western European Art, and K. Malich, junior researcher in the Department of Contemporary Art at the State Hermitage Museum.
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