Glass, porcelain & ceramics
Glass and ceramics are the oldest materials used by people not only in utilitarian purposes but also for the creation of works of art…
| 19.07.2006 | "Golden Chinese" of the Meissen Factory
"Goldchinesen" are a feather in the bonnet for collectors of the West¬European porcelain. Though the majority of similar pieces are kept in museum funds nowadays, they occasionally appear at... |
| 19.07.2006 | Eva Zeisel. Along with the century
This year the world-famous ceramist Eva Zeisel celebrates her 100 birthday. There is a photograph of Eva of the 1930s at the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory — proud profile, short haircut, speaking of str... |
| 19.07.2006 | Brands and Stamps of Russian and soviet Ceramics
In previous issues of our magazine Leonid Matveev, the research associate of the department of ceramics of the State Russian museum, has begun a series of articles about marks and signs on pottery of ... |
| 19.07.2006 | Rene Lalique — life and style
He created jewelry for decorations unrivalled Sara Bernard. Russian Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna also was his customer. His works were bought up by stylish Parisians and inhabitants of other world cap... |
| 19.07.2006 | A Forgotten artist of agitation porcelain
The work of the sculptor V. Nikolaev (1906–1941) is known to the researchers of the Soviet Art of the 1930s by his monumental bronze, marble and plaster works. |
| 18.07.2006 | Soviet Enamel of 1920-1930s
According to the famous Lenin’s plan of monumental propaganda the true folk art had to change its traditional subjects and artistic approach to creating works of art. |
| 01.12.2005 | Chinese vases
Chinese vases initially served not only for decoration, but also for storage of bulk and liquid substances. Vases were also used as funeral urns. |
| 23.11.2005 | Animalism in Art Deco ceramics
Art Deco amalgamated so different phenomena in art between two world wars, that it is not always easy to unify them all together. |
| 17.06.2002 | Art Glass and Glass Factories in Russia of 18 Century
Presumably, glass manufacture came to Russia from Byzantia. Already in XI-XII centuries in Russia glass was used to produce dishes and create mosaics on buildings; workshops were situated in many citi... |
| 17.06.2002 | Subjects of Russian Porcelain of the XIX Century
The life of porcelain in the cultural consciousness of the 19 century is quite special. Porcelain of Pushkin epoch is a sort of a chronicle of the time. Porcelain with a subject picture became separat... |
