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The Architectural Decoration of Limestone at Kolomenskoye: the Collection Survey
DOI of the paper: 10.15382/sturV201621.95-108
Abstract
The article draws the attention to the rich and bright but not well studied collection of the elements of Church buildings of Moscow (mainly of the late Medieval period). It was collected at the 1920th — 1930th by the prominent Russian specialist in the fi eld of restoration P. D. Baranovskij. The architect struggled to save the remnants of the numerous Church buildings under the process of their demolition by the Soviet regime. As a result, Baranovskij succeeded to create the unique museum of “spolia”. A few buildings were preserved almost intact, such as the Lions Gate. The rest of buildings were represented by the decorative elements (the Red Gate, the Tower of Sucharev etc.) and/or by the gravestones (by the way, the cemetery of Kolomenskoye itself). Some examples of stones were analyzed by mineralogists and art historians, but mainly they are still neglected. The short description of the main items of the collection as well as the survey of the publications are given.
Keywords
Museums of architecture, limestone, minerals, geology, architectural carving, tombstones, the Lions Gate, the Red Gate, the Tower of Sukhov.
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