The Russian Academy Of Arts

ANDREI VORONIKHIN (1759-1814). MASTER, EPOCH, CREATIVE  LEGACY: International  Research Conference
In Honor of the 250-th Birth Anniversary of the Russian Architect Andrei Voronikhin (1759-1814)

Organizers:
The Russian Academy of Arts
I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church

The Conference will be held on October 28-30, 2009 at the Conference Hall of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 17 University Embankment, St. Petersburg.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM 

October 28, 2009

09.00 – Service for Andrei Voronikhin in St. Catherine Church of the Russian Academy of Arts
9.30-10.00 – registration of participants
10.00 – Opening ceremony and plenary session
Led by Doctor of Art History Yuri Bobrov, Secretary of the Organizing Committee Father Superior Alexander

Opening speech:
- Most Reverend Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Vladimir
- Rector of  I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture A.S. Charkin
- President of St. Petersburg Union of Architects, Chief of the Chair for Architectural Design of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Prof. V.V. Popov
- Chairman of the Conference Organizing Committee, Pro-Rector of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Doctor of Art History, Prof. Y.G. Bobrov  

Lectures:

Father Superior Alexander (Fedorov), Candidate of Theology, Candidate of Architecture, Dean of St. Catherine Church of the Russian Academy of Arts, Professor of  I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture  and Architecture, Chairman of the Diocese Commission for Art and Architecture
Urgent Problems of Study of  Andrei Voronikhin’s Legacy

S.O. Kuznetsov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Sector for History of the Stroganov Palace, the State Russian Museum
Behind the Colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral (the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan): Andrei Voronikhin as an Architect of the Stroganovs

E.E. Kirichenko, Honored Worker of Art,  Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences,  Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts
The Kazan Cathedral  in St. Petersburg in the Time of Paul I  

11.30-11.45 - coffee break

V.G. Lisovsky,  Doctor of Art History, Professor of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Adviser to the Russian Academy of  Architecture and Construction Sciences
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (the Kazan Cathedral) and Its Town Planning Context

M.I. Kolyada, architect-restorer, Chief Architect of Projects for “Spetsprojectrestoration” Institute
Restoration of St. Petersburg Kazan Cathedral in the Early 21st Century. Discoveries in the Process of the Monument’s Study From Life And Problems of Its Restoration Today” 

A.L. Lunin, Doctor of Art History, Prof.,  Head of the Chair of Theory and History of Architecture of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Overhead Cover of the Side Passages of the Kazan Cathedral in the Context of Reinforced Masonry Structures Development in the Architecture of Classicism

I.E. Putyatin, Candidate of Architecture, Associate Professor of the Moscow Institute of Architecture, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
Old Christian and Ancient Roman Images in the Architecture of the Kazan Cathedral

V.A. Tsypushtanov, Head of the History and Architecture Department of the Museum “Stroganov Palace” in Usolie (Perm Krai)
Buildings Attributed to Andrei Voronikhin in the Province. New Usolie Village in Perm Province

A.A. Glikin, architect, President of “Classical City” Association, New York, U.S.A
Andrei Voronikhin and the Role of Christian Ideas in the Modern Architecture of St. Petersburg

13.45 – information on coins designed by Yulya Gogol in honor of  the 250th  birth anniversary of Andrei Voronikhin

14.00 – inauguration of the Exhibition of Andrei Voronikhin’s Architectural Drawings from the holdings of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts; curated by E.B. Ivanova

16.00 – visit to the Stroganov Palace in St. Petersburg

October 29, 2009  

9.30 – opening of the session  led by V.G. Lisovsky

Lectures:

A.E. Belonozhkin, Candidate of Art History, teacher of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute
St. Petersburg Diocesan Architect A.P. Aplaksin – Researcher of Andrei Voronikhin’s Life and Creative Work

E.B. Ivanova, Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts
G.G. Grimm – Author of a Monograph on Andrei Voronikhin

A.A. Belov, leading specialist in architecture of the Peterhof State Museum-Reserve
Architectural Works of Andrei Voronikhin in Peterhof

E.K. Blinova, Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Order in the Creative Work of Andrei Voronikhin

M.B. Atayants, architect, teacher of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
The Kazan Square VS Piazza San-Pietro. Order and Town Planning Aspects

T.N. Nesvetailo,  curator of the Stroganov Palace, branch of the State Russian Museum
Main Interiors of the Eastern Wing of the Stroganov Palace. Problems of Restoration

V.M. Belkovskaya, the State Russian Museum; O.V. Novikova, the State Russian Museum
Andrei Voronikhin’s Involvement in  Reconstruction of the Interiors of the Marble Palace 1803-1809

E.E. Anisimova, chief specialist of the Russian State Historical Archives
Konstantinovsky Palace in Pavlovsk. The Architect’s Contribution to the Design   of the Building’s Exterior 1809-1814

11.30-11.45 – coffee break

Zh.A. Polyarnaya, Director of the Mining Museum of  the St. Petersburg State Mining Institute; V.P. Stolpova, Chief of Geology Department of the Mining Museum of  the St. Petersburg State Mining Institute
Andrei Voronikhin and the Mining Institute

O.N. Bondareva, the St. Petersburg State Mining Institute
Andrei Voronikhin and Metropolitan Platon (Levshin)

N. Kent, Dr., Prof., Great Britain
The  Context of Classicism . Robert Adam

Y.R. Saveliev, Doctor of Art History, Research Institute of Theory and History of the Russian Academy of Arts
In Search of New Forms. On the Issue of the Birth of Historicism in the Russian  Art of the Late 18-th –Early 19th Century

N.V.  Goncharova, Research Library of the Tomsk State University
Collection of Russian Art of the First Half of the 19th Century in the Stroganovs’ Collection of Books at the Research Library of the Tomsk State University (engravings by Alexei Egorov)

10-minute presentations:

M.N. Mikishatyev, architect, teacher of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Creative Work of Andrei Voronikhin. Problems of  Form Formation

C.I. Mikhailovsky, Pro-Rector of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 
On the Issue of the Competition for the Design of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow

I.V. Popov,  Editor of  “St. Petersburg Diocese Vedomosty” magazine, member of the Commission of  the St. Petersburg Diocese for History and Canons
Constructors of the Kazan Cathedral and the Kudryavtevs-architects

K.V. Yakovlev, architect, teacher of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Master Samson Sukhanov

V.A. Chernenko, member of St. Petersburg Researchers’ Association
Ensemble of the Kazan Cathedral and Contribution of K.N. Berd Factory to its Architectural and Artistic Image 

D.A. Popov, architect-restorer of the Kazan Cathedral
Restoration Technologies for the Masterpiece of Russian Architecture –the  Kazan Cathedral Designed by Andrei Voronikhin 

13.45 – information on a replica of Andrei Voronikhin’s self-portrait created by Alexander Novoselov
14.00 – inauguration of exhibitions in the Italian Hall:
- Photo Show of Leonid Varebrus on Andrei Voronikhin’s Works, curated by Prof. N. Skuteinikova
- Exhibition of Students’ Works of the Sculpture Faculty on the topic “Medal in Honor of the 250th Anniversary of Andrei Voronikhin”

16.00 – visit to the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg
Presentation of the replica of Andrei Voronikhin’s self-portrait (original is in the State Russian Museum) executed at the Russian Academy of Arts as a gift to the Kazan Cathedral to be placed on its historical site in the western part of the Cathedral’s interior.  The gift will be accepted by the Dean of the Kazan Cathedral Archpriest Pavel Krasnotsvetov.

October 30, 2009
 
9.30 – opening of the session led by Father Superior Alexander

Lectures:

A.R. Nebolsin, Dr., Adjutant-Professor, Adviser to the President of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, President of the International Association for Preservation of Russian Monuments and Sites, New York, U.S.A
Historical Semantics of Ideas of Classical and Christian World Harmony

Archimandrite Augustine (Nikitin), Candidate of Theology, Associate Professor of St. Petersburg Theological Academy
The Kazan Cathedral. Pages of History

S.O. Kuznetsov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, chief of a department of the State Russian Museum; I.P. Yerokhina, the State History Museum
Chance of the Architect Ivan Kolodin

M.F. Korshunova, Candidate of Art History, the State Hermitage
A.S. Stroganov’s Collection of Painting

10-minute presentations:

A.I. Demchenko, Honored Worker of Art, Honored Worker of Science and Education, Doctor of Art History, Professor of the Saratov State Conservatoire and Saratov State University
Tendencies of Romanticism in the Architectural Classicism at the Turn of the 19th Century and Andrei Voronikhin

A.V. Patsia, Art Historian, member of the Association of Art Historians
Class in Architecture at the Academy of Arts in the Early 19th Century

G.G. Nugmanova, Candidate of Art History
Architectural Ensembles in Kazan in the Time of  Classicism

L.B. Bezverkhova, Candidate of Architecture, Associate Professor of Vyatka State University
Implementation of Town Planning Ideas of the Early 19th Century  Russian Architecture in Architectural Ensembles of Vyatka Province (A.D. Zakharov, A.N. Voronikhin, S.E. Dudin, N.A. Andreevsky, A.L. Vitberg)

K.B. Bryzgalova, teacher of  Vyatka State University
Characteristic Features of the Town Planning Approach of Architect S.E. Dudin to Industrial Ensembles of Vyatka Province 

T.V. Lazareva, art historian
Creative Work of the Ryazan Province Architect N.I. Voronikhin

11.30-11.45 – coffee break

10-minute  presentations:

Priest Alexander Bertash, Dean of Voskresenskaya Artillery Church
Andrei Voronikhin and Sources of the “Russian Style”

E.A. Savinova, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of  the Russian Academy of Arts
Model of the Kazan Cathedral Designed by Andrei Voronikhin. History of the Creation and Existence

A.V. Burdyalo, Candidate of Art History
Cottage Designed by Andrei Voronikhin

D.A. Popov, architect-restorer of the Kazan Cathedral
Methods for Recreation of the Main Iconostasis of the Kazan Cathedral 

A.K. Krylov, Prof., head of the church and historical painting studio of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Work of Students of  I. Repin Institute on Icons for the Iconostasis of the Kazan Cathedral

Z.R. Gafurova, Associate Professor, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys
The Role of Architecture in the Formation of the City Image: Andrei Voronikhin and St. Petersburg

N.O. Smelkov, architect, teacher of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
The Influence of Andrei Voronikhin’s Creative Work on the Architecture of Leningrad in the Soviet Time from 1917 till 1957

M.A. Reinberg, architect, teacher of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
The Impact of Andrei Voronikhin’s Architectural Works on Modern Architecture

Deacon Vladimir Vasilik, Candidate of Theology, Associate Professor of St. Petersburg State University
The Kazan Cathedral in the 19th Century Russian Literature

13.15 – information on the project of architect Dmitry Butyrin for recreation of the church of the Imperial Porcelain Factory where sculptor A.I. Voronikhin worked and was buried

13.20 – Round Table: In Memory of the Great Architect

Y.M. Piryutko, head of the memorial sculpture department of the State Museum of City Sculpture
Gravestone by Andrei Voronikhin in St. Lazarus Cemetery in St. Petersburg as a Part of the Family Necropolis of Counts Stroganovs

A.A. Bovkalo,  deputy head of the library of St. Petersburg Theological Academy
Celebration of the100th Anniversary of the Kazan Cathedral

A.E. Belonozhkin, Candidate of Art History, teacher of I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 
Monument to Andrei Voronikhin (about a project in  the early 20th century)

14.05 – information on the proposal of Yulia Gogol and Kyrill Yakovlev  to create a monument to Andrei Voronikhin
14.20 – approval of the  Conference resolution
16.30 – flower-laying ceremony and requiem at the grave of Andrei Voronikhin at St. Lazarus Cemetery  of Alexander Nevsky Lavra
17.30 – visit to the Mining Museum of the State Mining Institute in St. Petersburg

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