Kuznetsova, Valentina N. Figurative Traditions of Northern Rus and Kama Region in Zoomorphic Pendants of the 11th–13th Centuries

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Title Figurative Traditions of Northern Rus and Kama Region in Zoomorphic Pendants of the 11th–13th Centuries
Author email valentkuznets@mail.ru
About author Kuznetsova, Valentina Nikolaevna — Ph. D., researcher. Russian Museum of Ethnography, Inzhenernaia ul., 4/1, 191186 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
In the section Material Culture, Applied Art and Design DOI10.18688/aa188-7-60
Year 2018 Volume 8 Pages 610–621
Type of article RAR Index UDK 903.25; 85.103(2)4 Index BBK 85.125.4
Abstract

The article deals with the research of the plate zoomorphic pendants of the 11th–13th centuries which were found on the territory of north-west and north-east ancient Rus. In the historiography, these adornments were regarded as the degraded forms of the 7th–11th centuries jewelry items. The analysis of stylistics shows that the ancient Russian pendants represent an original phenomenon. Zoomorphic pendants in the form of an animal on a base were formed in the northern lands of ancient Rus’ as the result of the symbiosis of imports from the Kama region and local items. The first ones depict horsemen; the second ones that are typical for the Ladoga area depict deer or elks. The double-headed pendants have not turned out to be the devolutionary form of the Kama adornments in the shape of two horse heads. Their composition could have been influenced by imported items, but the images of animals were taken from the local tradition.
Keywords
Reference Kuznetsova, Valentina N. Figurative Traditions of Northern Rus and Kama Region in Zoomorphic Pendants of the 11th–13th Centuries. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 8. Ed. S. V. Mal’tseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova, A. V. Zakharova. — St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Univ. Press, 2018, pp. 610–621. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa188-7-60
Publication Article language russian
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