All peoples of the world has its own history, which includes not only the events of public life, but also cultural traditions, particularly the formation and development of crafts, works of folklore, moral norms governing human behavior, other equally significant artifacts.Knowledge of the past makes a person spiritually rich, it allows to feel like a member of the cultural community, aware of itself and its place in the world.
cultural achievements are preserved in museums, archives, libraries.Get acquainted with the material culture of the Urals and other regions of Russia is possible, if you visit the Museum of Stone Carving Art (Ekaterinburg).
General
History Museum lapidary and jewelry (Yekaterinburg) was opened in 1992.The initiative of creating such a cultural object was made by a well-known art critic Dmitry Likhachev.At his suggestion, the keeper of Regional State Regional Museum Natalia Pakhomov has developed the program "World of Stone", in which was opened one more cultural object.
masterpieces of stone are in the building Mining Pharmacy, which is built in 1820, the outstanding architect MP Malakhov.
Features exposure
exhibits are located in the halls of the various clusters.Thus, in the Hall of Russian Silver offered the visitors cutlery and accessories for writing made from this metal.Most products are manufactured in XIX-XX centuries.Here are the works of the masters, not only the Urals and St. Petersburg and Moscow: Faberge, P. Ovchinnikov and others.
Museum lapidary art (Ekaterinburg) and boasts a gold pantry.There are not only gold jewelry, but also such well-known artifacts as ores "Zvezdara" and "New Year", as well as crystal "Demantoid Alexandrov."Here you can see products from the Faberge: objects covered with guilloche, and animal figurines.
Children who grew up in the Soviet Union, will remember tales PP Bazhov.Heroes of them are located on the panel.Works made the village of Palekh painters of the Ivanovo region in the technique of lacquer miniature.
Museum lapidary and jewelry in the Urals is impossible to imagine without malachite.The Malachite Hall demonstrated as minerals without pretreatment, and articles thereof (boxes, vases, countertops, dishes, and so on. D.).
In the nineteenth century and early XX century Russian masters practiced a unique technique of mosaic.Malachite cut small strips and put them so that the resulting image.These unique composition you can see if you visit the Museum of Stone Carving Art (Ekaterinburg).
Since the beginning of the XVIII century in the whole of Russia was known Imperial Ekaterinburg lapidary factory, which became the legal successor of the plant "Russian gems".Products masters businesses are on the third floor.The most famous exhibit - the only one in the Urals jade vase from a height of 1.5 meters.
Stone cutting and Jewellery Art Urals
Culture Ural region is regional.The master's works is inherent in the national character, the desire to preserve national idea.For the Russian people made of gold, silver or stone - it is a way to express themselves, to know themselves and others.
in XIX-XX centuries was the center of Yekaterinburg jewelry and lapidary art.Craftsmen owned by all methods of processing colored stone that allows them to create true masterpieces.The desire to preserve national idea led to the fact that in the works skillfully combines classic and folk motifs.
known that Yekaterinburg is located on the border of Europe and Asia.This geographic location contributed to the unification of product patterns of East and West.
Urals - the place where the dawn of history there was a split of tectonic blocks.Therefore craftsmen and jewelry connoisseurs believe that the stones are mined in this region have a special energy.The heat of his hands to the finished product transfer and transmit the Ural masters.The most well-known artists - Klodt, E. Klodt, B. Hariotov, A. Zhukov, Borovikov and others.
Museum lapidary art (Ekaterinburg): how to get and make an excursion
The museum building is located in the city center on Prospekt Lenin in the house № 37. Near the house there are bus stops of Culture "Academy of Architecture" and "Area of work".The first of them stop and trolleybuses.Those planning to travel by tram, get off at the bus stop will be "Prospekt Lenina".
doors of the museum open to the public from Friday to Sunday from 11 to 16 hours, on Thursday from 13 to 21 hours.If you plan to bring a school class or a group of people in the Museum of the History of stone-cutting and jewelry, trips need to be ordered in advance.Service tour group (15 people) takes place on request.Individually exhibition can be viewed without an appointment.
