Ceramics & Porcelain
Igor' Vasil'ev: fragmenty i obrazy (Igor' Vasil'ev: fragments and images)
St. Petersburg: Ars, 2013. Pb. A contemporary artist's imaginings in ceramic, metal and wood. 93 p., approx. 100 color illus., Rus. More
Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha, CVIII, Materialy konferentsii pamiati T. V. Kudriavtsevoi. "Lichnost' i tvorchestvo. Iz istorii dekorativno-prikladnogo iskiusstva XVIII – nachala XX veka" / Transactions of the State Hermitage Museum, CVIII, Proceedings of the Conference in Memory of Tamara Kudriavtseva: "Personality and Creativity: From the History of Decorative and Applied Arts in the Eighteenth – Early Twentieth Centuries"
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2021. Pb. The research published in this number of Hermitage transactions was inspired by the work of a Hermitage curator of material culture and decorative arts who in a career cut short by her death at 54 curated momentous exhibitions such as "Around the Square" on Malevich's..... More
Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha, XCIII, Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod: istoriia, imena, kollektsii. Materialy konferentsii, sostoiavshikhsia 20 noiabria 2014 goda i 20 noiabria 2015 goda v Gosudarstvennom Ermitazhe / Transactions of the State Hermitage Museum, XCIII, Imperial Porcelain Factory: History, Names, Collections. Proceedings of the Conference Held in the State Hermitage Museum on 20 November 2014 and 20 November 2015
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2018. Pb. War Scenes on 19th-Century Porcelain The Imperial Elagin Palace’s Porcelain and Crystal Services: Their Use and Restoration; Works of the Imperial Glass Factory’s Remarkable Artist; Painted Glass of the ... and the Imperial Glass Factory; The Imperial Glass Factory’s “Gallé” Cameo Glass from the Collection..... More
Korinfskie vazy i ikh antichnye imitatsii. Katalog kollektsii (Corinthian vases and their antique imitations: Catalogue of the [Hermitage] Collection).
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2015. Sewn cl. The Hermitage collection of vases originating in Corinth, most painted with animal and human figures at a high level of virtuosity, numbers over 700 and dates to the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., usually regarded as the heyday of ceramic art in Corinth. The..... More
Estestvennye metody ispol'zovannye v ekspertize proizvedenii iskusstva (Natural methods used in appraising works of art)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2015 (2nd enlarged edition). Sewn pb. The author gives a systematic description of the the technical methods used in ascertaining authorship and dating of works of fine art. 219 p., 26 cm, approx. 40 color and b/w illlus., Rus. More
Arkhitekturnaia keramika Emilia Kremera (Architectural ceramics of Emile Kremer)
Nizhnii Novgorod: Litera, 2017. Pb. The ceramic works by the Emile Kremer were part of a hyrid style of the late nineteenth century that combined what was imagined as medieval forms and colors with current art nouveau motifs. Brightly enameled floral, geometric and figural patterns decorated interiors and façades of..... More
Goncharnyi zavod M. V. Kharlamova (M. V. Kharlamov Ceramics Factory)
St. Petersburg: Kolo, 2020. Sewn pb. The works of enamel tiles that distinguish late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century interiors and façades in Russia came from a relatively small number of craft factories. This monograph focuses on the enamel tile workshop/factory of Mikhail Kharlamov in St. Petersburg. Founded by his father..... More
Perfection in Details: the Art of Japan in the Meiji Period 1868–1910. Ceramics and Porcelain, vol. 4 / Sovershentsvo v detaliakh: iskusstvo Iaponii epokhi Meidzi 1868–1912. Keramika i farfor, chastnaia kollektsiia, katalog vystavki, tom 4
St. Petersburg: Herm / Chistyi list, 2016. Sewn pb. 278 p., 29 cm, approx. 500 color illus., Rus. Or ENGLISH. More
Sovershentsvo v detaliakh: iskusstvo Iaponii epokhi Meidzi 1868–1912. Keramika i farfor, chastnaia kollektsiia, katalog vystavki, tom 4 / Perfection in Details: the Art of Japan in the Meiji Period 1868–1910. Ceramics and Porcelain, vol. 4
St. Petersburg: Herm / Chistyi list, 2016. Sewn pb. 278 p., 29 cm, approx. 500 color illus., Rus. Or ENGLISH. More
Sokrovishcha muzeiia "Novyi Ierusalim" (Treasures of the New Jerusalem Museum)
Moscow: Novyi Ierusalim, 2019. Sewn cl. This catalogue of museum-preserve provides a thourough presentation of each section of the exceptionally rich collections of fine and applied arts. The section on ecclesiastical metalwork publishes chalices, bible covers, engraved plate, reliquaries,and miters. The chapter on ecclesiastical textiles publishes works dating to the..... More
Pod prozrachnym l'dom glazuri: Farfor Peterburga. Katalog vystavki (Pod prozrachnym l'dom glazuri: Farfor Peterburga. Katalog vystavki (Beneath translucent glaze: St. Petersburg porcelain. Exhibition Catalogue)
St. Petersburg: Slavia, 2017. Sewn pb. This catalogue of a Hermitage exhibition at Kazan publishes porcelain manufactured in tsarist St. Petersburg, Soviet Leningrad, and post-Soviet St. Petersburg. The works of the tsarist period reflected artistic styles of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, neoclassical, empire, and Russian revival, for example..... More
Podnesenie k Rozhdestvu: Vdokhnovlennye Ermitazhem (A Christmas Gift: Inspired by the Hermitage)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2014. sewn pb. The series of annual Hermitage exhibitions published at year's end stems from a tradition of the tsarist period according to which the Imperial Porcelain Factory would make special works to be presented at Christmas time to the tsar. The theme of the 2014 exhibition..... More
V sodruzhestve iskusstv. K 275-letiiu osnovaniia Imperatorskogo farforovogo zavoda (An alliance of the arts: [published] on the 275th anniversary of the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory )
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2019. Sewn cl. The history of porcelain at the St. Petersburg factory in continuous operation since the mid eighteenth century has interest from several points of view: as a flourishing artistic/industrial center that designed and produced masterpieces of decorative and applied art and, the theme of this..... More
Keramika Sogda V – VII vekov kak istoriko-kul’turnyi pamiatnik (k metodike izucheniia keramicheskikh kompleksov) (Sogdian Pottery of the 5th– 7th c. as a Historical and Cultural Phenomenon [On the Methods of Study of Pottery])
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2012. sewn cl. The excavations in the late 1950s and early 1960s led by the author, the preeminent researcher in this area of Central Asia, occasioned discoveries in several spheres: first, Marshak defined the borders and contours of the Sogdian town of Penjikent in Central Asia; second..... More
Motyvy hut s ul s koho keramichnoho rozpysu / Motives of Hutsul Pottery Painting / Motivy gutsul'skoi goncharnoi rospisi
Kyiv: Dukh i Litera, 2005. Sewn cl. This mongoraph publishes and interprets the naive and spare beauty of the imagery painted on ceramic tiles known as Hutsul. Making jugs and pitchers, stoves and fireplaces, artists decorated them to brighten interiors and tell stories of hunts and romances, fishing and soldiering..... More
Sovremennoe iskusstvo Tatarstana / The Modern Art of Tatarstan
Kazan: Tatarskoe knizhnoe izdatel'stvo, 2005. Sewn cl. This catalogue publishes paintings by artists working in Kazan' and other cities of the Tatar Republic during the late Soviet period and early post-Soviet period. As a group they defy categorization. In their substantive introduction, the authors point out that the Tatar population..... More
Imperatorskii farfor: vremen sviazuiushchaia nit': k 270-letiiu Imperatorskogo farforovogo zavoda (Imperial porcelain: The thread uniting time: [published on the occasion of] the 270th anniversary of the Imperial Porcelain Factory)
St. Petersburg: Tsarskoe selo, 2014. Saddle-stitched. The concise catalogue of an exhibition at Tsarskoe Selo Museum-Preserve identifies connections between porcelain production in the tsarist period, the Soviet period and the current time. The works of the late nineteenth century show historicist styles; in recent years artists and craftsmen at the..... More
Gosudarstvennyi muzei-zapovednik Pavlovsk: Polnyi katalog kollektsii, tom VII, Farfor, vypusk 1, Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, konets XVIII – nachalo XX veka (Pavlovsk State Museum-Preserve: Complete Catalogue of the Collections, vol. VII, Porcelain, vypusk 1, The Imperial Porcelain Factory , 18th to the Early 20th c.)
St. Petersburg: Pavlovsk, 2009. sewn pb. Services for state ceremonies, vases and sculptural figurines that form an essential part of the palace's interiors, and pieces used quotidianly by the Russian imperial family, such as Empress Maria Fedorovna's toiletry articles, are here beautifully illustrated and described in detail. The authors identify..... More
Farfor chastnykh zavodov Sankt-Peterburga (Porcelain of Private Factories of St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg: Rus muz, 2008. Sewn cl. The Batenin Porcelain Factory produced elegant works from 1815 to the late 1830s. The factory’s artists painted on their vases, large cups, and tea pots palaces and street scenes of St. Petersburg, bouquets of flowers, military scenes in Empire style, and traditional oriental..... More
Gosudarstvennyi muzei-zapovednik Pavlovsk: Polnyi katalog kollektsii, tom VII, Farfor, vypusk 2, Farfor i fians: Chastnye zavody Rossii, kazennyi Kievo-vezhigorskii zavod, konets XVIII–nachalo XX veka (State Museum-Preserve Pavlovsk: Complete Catalogue of the Collections, vol. VII, Porcelain, vypusk 2, Porcelain and faience: private Russian factories, State Kiev-Vezhigorsk factory, late 18th c to early 20th c.)
St. Petersburg: Pavlovsk, 2014. sewn pb. The author gives a general chronological servey of porcelain production in Russia from the second half of the eighteenth century and then examines some of the most significant producers such as Nikolai Iusupov in the early nineteenth century, the Kornilov Brothers in the mid..... More
Podnesenie k Rozhdestvu: Vivan Bose i Avgust Lippol'd: mastera zhivopisnogo otdeleniia Imperatorskgo farforovogo zavoda. 1850–1879-e gody (Christimas Gift: Vivant Beaucé and August Lippold: Masters of the painting department of the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory 1850s–1870s); : . 1850–1870- .
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2021. Sewn pb. In her detailed introduction to this Hermitage exhibition catalogue the author delves into the difficulties of attribution, the relation of porcelain design to painting, drawings, and other applied and decorative arts, the role of the pieces from the Imperial Porcelain Factory in the interior..... More
Sovetskii farfor 1920 - 1930-kh Godov v chastnykh sobraniiakh Sankt-Peterburga (Soviet porcelain of the 1920s and 1930s from private collections in St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg: KGallery? n.d. Sewn cl. These works, mainly sculptural figurines and services, are products of the preeminent porcelain factory in Russia, the successor of the Imperial Porcelain Factory known in the early 1920s as the State Porcelain Factory and after 1924 as the Leningrad Lomonosov Porcelain Factory. The first..... More
Podnesenie k Rozhdestvu: Dekorativnyi minimalizm: "ottepel" v sovetskom farfore (A Christmas Gift. Decorative minimalism: "the thaw" in Soviet Porcelain); : " " :
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2020. Sewn pb. The Thaw or the period after Stalin's death when the Communist leadership of the Soviet Union became less stringent in controlling and censoring publishers, artists, and writers led to a freedom and creativity not experienced since the 1920s. As a branch of art capable..... More
Vozvrashchenie legendy: k 265-letiiu Imperatorskogo zavoda (Return of a legend. [Published on the occasion of the] 265 anniversary of the Imperial Porcelain Factory; : 265-
St. Petersburg: Propileia, 2009. Sewn cl. This catalogue of works produced at Russia's and one of Europe's oldest porcelain factories publishes pieces from all periods of the factory's history. . The occasion for the publication is the anniversary of the factory founded in 1744 and the merger of its historical..... More