The forgotten Kiev frescoes of the end of the 11th century
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-2-140-154
Abstract
The article attempts first to restore the truth by re-examining the forgotten frescoes of the church on the estate of the Kiev Art Institute (excavated by M.K. Karger in 1947 and published by him) as part of the decoration of the Kiev shrine in the context of the end of the 11th century. Secondly, preliminary information about other fragments of frescoes, originating from the same church and stored in several collections in Kiev, Novgorod and St. Petersburg, is published here, and finally, the author publishes two new mural fragments: one of a face, and the other of an ornament.
The author proves the dating of the frescoes by the end of the 11th century at the modern level. The fragments of the Kiev frescoes are of exceptional interest, since very few murals have been preserved from the second half of the 11th century in Kiev and in other centres of pre-Mongol Rus'. The fragments from the collection of M.K. Karger, together with the frescoes of St Michael's Cathedral in Vydubychi Monastery in Kiev and in St Michael's Church in Oster, give an idea of the mural decorations of this period. The author proposes to place these frescoes within the ascetic artistic tradition.
About the Author
O. E. Etingof
Russian State University for the Humanities; Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga E. Etingof, Dr. of Sci. (Art history), chief researcher
bld. 6, Miusskaya sq., Moscow, GSP-3, 125993; bld. 21, Prechistenka str., Moscow, 119034
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Etingof O.E. The forgotten Kiev frescoes of the end of the 11th century. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(1-2):140-154. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-2-140-154
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