The Russian Academy Of Arts

November 17-18, 2010

Venue: I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 17 University Embankment, St. Petersburg

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

November 17, 2010 - The day of the 253rd Anniversary of the Imperial Academy of Arts (now the Russian Academy of Arts)
10.00am – Church service on the occasion of the 253rd anniversary of the Russian Academy of Arts in the Academy private church
10.30-11.00 am - Registration of participants
11.00 am – Opening of the Conference in the Conference
Hall Opening speeches:
S.M. Mikhailovsky, Rector of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
L.I. Kondratenko, Director of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts
Prof. Y.G. Bobrov, Chairman of the Conference Organizing Committee, Deputy Rector of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Father Superior Alexander, Dean of St. Peter and Paul Cathedral and St. Catherine Private Church of the Russian Academy of Arts, Chief of the Icon Painting Department of St. Petersburg Theological Academy

11.30 am – Morning session
Prince A. P. Gagarin, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor of St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University
Grigory Gagarin Among the Members of His Family. The Family’s Values
E. I. Kirichenko, Doctor of Art History, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
Grigory Gagarin – The Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts
A.V. Kornilova – Doctor of Art History, Professor of A. Stieglits St. Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy
The Creative Work of Grigory Gagarin. The Process of Evolution

00.30-01.00 pm – Coffee break

01.00 pm – Afternoon session
Priest Alexander Bertash, St. Petersburg State University
Architectural and Artistic Work of Prince Grigory Gagarin in the Context of the Russian Style Development
A.V. Burdyalo, Candidate of Art History, T.A. Slavina Architectural Workshop
Reconstruction of the Smolny Cathedral in 1828-1835 and Its Historical and Artistic Resonance in the 19th Century
E.N. Nikolaeva, the State Museum of the History of Religion
Grigory Gagarin and the Church of Intercession of the Mother of God in Nizhnyaya Oreanda
E.A. Borovskaya, Candidate of Architecture, I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Grigory Gagarin and the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Art
A.N. Alekseeva, Honored Art Worker, Candidate of Art History, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
Illustrations by Grigory Gagarin in the “Russian Art Page” of Vasily Timm
Y.P. Shapchenko, post-graduate of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Grigory Gagarin’s Caricatures from the Holdings of the Russian State Museum

2.30-3.15 pm – Lunch
4.00 pm – Excursion in the church of the Mariinsky Palace in St. Petersburg

November 18, 2010

11.00 am - Morning session
Y.R. Saveliev, Doctor of Art History, the Research Institute of Theory and History of the Russian Academy of Arts
Grigory Gagarin and the Byzantine Heritage in Russia. The Academy of Arts and the Byzantine Style
I.E. Putyatin, Candidate of Architecture, the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
Postclassical Ideas of the Symbols of Christian Art (based on the books of the 19th century)
M.N. Tsvetaeva, Prof. of St. Petersburg State University
Philosophical and Culturological Aspects of Grigory Gagarin’s Creative Work
I.N. Slyunkova, the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
Grigory Gagarin and the Study of Architectural Antiquities in the 1830s-1860s
G.A. Ranne, post graduate of St. Petersburg State University
Culturological Reasons and Goals of the Establishment of Religious and Archeological Societies and Museums in Russia in the Late 19th – Early 20th Century
E.L. Minina, V. Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Mineralogical Collection of Prince Grigory Gagarin

00.30-01.00 pm – Coffee break

01.00 pm – Afternoon session
N.A. Yakovleva, Doctor of Art History, Prof. of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Grigory Gagarin’s Activity and the Problem of Revival of the Icon Painting in Russia
N.S. Kuteinikova, Prof. of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
The Byzantine Style in the Wall Painting and Mosaics by St. Petersburg Modern Artists
N.N. Mukhina, Candidate of Art History, the Russian Academy of Arts
The Ornament in the Modern Monumental Religious Art

00.30-00.45 pm – Coffee break
01.30 pm - Panel Discussion on the topic “The Revival of Traditions in the 19th and at the Turn of the 21st Century

Presentations to be made by A.K. Krylov, Prof., Head of the Workshop of Religious and Historical Painting Department of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and S.E. Bolshakova, artist-restorer, teacher of the Icon Painting Department of St. Petersburg Theological Academy

02.30-03.15 pm – Lunch
04.00 – Excursion in the State Museum of the History of Religion, St. Petersburg

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