The Fates of Icons in the Soviet Union. 1920–1930s
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The Fates of Icons in the Soviet Union. 1920–1930s
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The icon is the protagonist of this book - the center of attraction for the actions of authorities, museum workers, traders and buyers. One of the intriguing paradoxes of history is that the creators of the "non-market" Soviet economy made a significant contribution to the development of the world market for iconography. At the turn of the 1920s-1930s their efforts collected a colossal export icon fund, conducted a grandiose advertising campaign - the first Soviet foreign icon exhibition, which in all its splendor presented to the world a new antique commodity - icons from the USSR, established ties with Western antique dealers and organized sales of icon collections abroad. The search for a currency for industrialization turned into the development of world interest in the icon. The book tells about the history of museums and people (to some of them fate treated favorably, to others - ruthlessly), how was created and liquidated grandiose icon collection of the State Museum Fund, who and how selected icons for export, how many icons were given for sale by Russian museums, whether the sold icons were fakes, as well as what fate awaited icons after the sale. The book is written on the basis of huge material collected by the author in the archives of Russia, Europe and the United States. Elena Osokina is a doctor of historical sciences, professor, laureate of the Macarius Prize and the Illuminator Prize.
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- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series What is Russia