New materials regarding research in the fields of architecture and urban construction are being presented. The authors also focus on the history of the creation of little-known buildings of interest, on the development of local architectural traditions, on new attributions, and introduce recently discovered archive materials. A number of papers are dedicated to the issues of architectural and urban planning development of historical towns and cities or study the formation of architectural ensembles. The edition also includes papers that are devoted to theoretical historical-architectural problems, to biographies of architects, or analyze artistic approaches and concepts.
Issue 67
T. L. Nikitina.
Murals of the Epiphany (St. Nicholas’) Church in Nerekhta and the Late Yaroslavl Wall Painting Tradition
In the paper the little-known work of Russian monumental art — murals of the Epiphany Church in Nerekhta, made in 1767 by a crew of icon painters from Yaroslavl, headed by Afanasi and Ivan Shustov, are presented. The author focuses on the traditional and innovative features in the scheme of the murals, particularly on their iconographic program. The article is accompanied by a plan of the murals, decorating the Epiphany Church, which is published for the first time.
Keywords
Kostroma Region, Nerekhta, Epiphany Church, monumental painting, 18th century, wall painting scheme, Afanasi Shustov.
Nikitina Tatiana L’vovna,
Ph. D. of art history, State Museum-Reserve «Rostov Kremlin», senior research fellow.
E-mail: tnikitina@yandex.ru
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