{"product_id":"russian-enamels-kievan-rus-to-faberg-9780856674464","title":"Russian Enamels: Kievan Rus to Faberg","description":"\u003cp\u003eWithin the late tenth century  Kiev produced enamelled liturgical and some secular objects that adhered to Byzantine traditions. During the course of the 17th century the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow and various northern trading centres emerged as major bases for the manufacture of both liturgical and secular enamels while the key to the programme of westernization initiated by Peter the Great in the early 18th century was the attraction of foreign artisans who brought their own techniques to the new capital of St. Petersburg. The nineteenth century closed with a dichotomy of styles: classicizing  courtly traditions that flourished in St. Petersburg  all of which were demonstrated in the art of the pre-eminent master  Carl Faberge. However  Moscow served as the heart of the Russian revival movement  and it is the vibrantly coloured and exotic-looking revival enamels that are so highly prized by collectors today.  Russia drew from many cultures to develop its own distinctive styles and methods of enamelling; its strategic location on the trade routes between western Europe and Asia  and between Scandinavia and the Byzantine and Islamic Near East was particularly relevant.  The enamels illustrated in this book are from three sources: Henry Walters  the founder of the gallery in Baltimore that bears his familys name  visited St Petersburg and patronized the firm of Carl Faberge in the summer of 1900  while Marjorie Merriweather Posts superb holdings of Russian and French 18th and 19th century decorative arts are housed in the Hillwood Museum in Washington D.C. The third source is a private collector who began exploring the entire range of subjects  styles and technoques of enamelling associated with the Russian revival movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67622363627573,"sku":"ByrdShop_085667446X","price":66.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780856674464.jpg?v=1791555889","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/russian-enamels-kievan-rus-to-faberg-9780856674464","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}