The History of the Discovery and Study of Russian Medieval Painting.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 General Information on Russian Icons and Frescoes -- Chapter 2 First Steps in the Discovery of Medieval Russian Painting -- Chapter 3 The Artist-Archaeologist F. G. Solntsev and the Artist-Restorer N. I. Podkliuchnikov -- Chapter 4 The 1840s Men of Letters, Palaeologists, Collectors -- Chapter 5 F. I. Buslaev and His Contemporaries -- Chapter 6 Learned Societies -- Chapter 7 Museums, Private Collections, and Exhibitions -- Chapter 8 Academy and University Scholarship -- Conclusion -- Index.

The first study to trace the emergence of the art historical interest in icon painting in the nineteenth century with its evident impact on the course of Russian modernism in the twentieth century.

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