Authors

Afanasyeva Anna N., Vinokurov Sergey E.
TOBY JUGS IN THE COLLECTION OF EKATERINBURG MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: MODELS, SOURCES AND THEIR PROTOTYPES

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №3 (79) September, 2022

The article is devoted to the attribution of English ceramics and Russian porcelain artworks united by the common typology of models, the time of creation and the source of entry into the collection of Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts. The objects in question are versions of toby jugs popular in Great Britain in the last third of the 18th and first half of the 19th centuries. The attribution of artworks served as a pretext for studying the sources of models for objects of domestic porcelain enterprises, elucidating the genesis of the “toby” model both on the basis of the subject range of European ceramic industries and literary and historical prototypes of the depicted characters.
The study made it possible to attribute three artworks from the museum's collection of porcelain and introduce it into scientific circulation for the first time. In addition, the article raises the question of actualization and fruitfulness of the combination of museum attribution methods with the approach to an subject as a monument of cross-cultural relations in the art of Europe of Modern Age.

Vinokurov Sergey E.
ENAMEL PAINTING OF THE STROGANOV SCHOOL: ATTRIBUTION OF A WOMAN'S PORTRAIT FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE EKATERINBURG FINE ARTS MUSEUM

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №1 (73) March, 2021

The attribution of a silver plate with a portrait image of a representative of the Romanovs imperial family from the collection of the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts is discussed. The article provides information about the technology and tradition of creating such objects and about the manufacturer, and identifies the source of the portrait of Empress Elizaveta Alekseevna.
The study made it possible to attribute the artwork in the museum’s Russian silver collection as the turn of the 19th century and introduce it to the scientific community for the first time. One of the objectives of this article is to highlight this insufficiently studied area of student creativity at the Imperial Stroganov Central School of Industrial Art.

Vinokurov Sergey E., Budrina Liudmila A.
URAL STONECUTTERS’ INTERPRETATION OF RUSSIAN MEDALS

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №1 (69) March, 2020

The article discusses the attribution of marble bas-reliefs depicting Imperial Family members created in the early 19th century at the Ekaterinburg Lapidary Factory. The technology and traditions of marble bas-relief cutting are outlined, and the sources of the profile portraits of Emperor Alexander I, Empress Elizabeth Alekseievna, Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Fedorovna are retraced.
The analysis of the artworks and their comparison with the sources suggest that the works of the Ural stone cutters should be considered within the same context of European art industry development and relationships between different decorative and applied arts in the 18th – 19th century.

Vinokurov Sergey E.
CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES: A MINIATURE LUXURY PRODUCT AS EVIDENCE OF ART EXCHANGE

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №1 (61) March, 2018

The article analyses the Chinese tradition of snuff vial making, the basic characteristics of how the craftsmen of the Celestial handled material, and the roles of these tiny luxury goods in art exchange between East and West. Using as examples the creativity of the well-known European jewelers - René Lalique, Cartier and Fabergé - the author follows up the specifics of how the European tradition treated this refined exotic object and considers the basic ways of working with the Far Eastern type of the product – from attempts to imitate the form and decor to the use of original Chinese snuff vials and change of their functional role.