Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art

Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art XI

Title of the article Phenomenon of Neoclassicism and Count Lev A. Perovsky’s Dactyliotheca of Antique Engraved Gems 
Authors Dmitrieva, Elena N. 
In the section Art of the Ancient World
Year 2013 Issue 3 Pages 86–91
Type of article RAR Index UDK 7.034(47+57), 73 6.2 Index BBK 85.03
Abstract The article deals with Count Lev Perovsky’s small but an extraordinary interesting collection of the antique and modern engraved gems and their plaster casts, held by the State Hermitage Museum. Based on the analysis of the collection, the author attempts to demonstrate that it was not simply a result of his passion to collect, or an occasional interest, but rather through Count’s strict adherence to the ideals of antiquity, and should be referred to as an example of the phenomenon of classicism, which was also inherent in the taste of other collectors and scholars of the whole epoch. The collection is understood by the researcher as an example of careful and systematic selection of items, a highly coherent set of glyptic “monuments”, allowing us to take a deeper insight of the collector’s personality within the system of cultural and artistic values of the 19th century.
Keywords Neoclassicism, dactyliotheca, engraved gems, collections, the Hermitage Museum
Full text version of the article Article language russian
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