The Golden Age of the English Court. British-Russian Museum Collaboration, 2012-2013
The program "the Golden age of the English court: from Henry VIII to Charles I" is part of the cooperation between The Victoria and albert Museum and the Kremlin museums. The exhibition is dedicated to the patronage of the English monarchy and the English court culture in the period between 1509 and 1649, the Exhibition, which will be held in Moscow, in the Armory, from October 2012 to February 2013, aims to satisfy the growing interest of the Russian society of British history and culture. The exhibition is composed primarily of exhibits in the Victoria and albert Museum, but it also presents selected works from the National portrait gallery, National Maritime Museum, Museum of London, the Libraries of Cambridge University and several private collections. Special attention is paid to life the great personalities of the era presented in the portrait miniature, especially in the execution of court painters, personal gifts, including jewelry, embroidery and other textiles that reflect the traditional colors and materials used in the daily life of the court. Early illustrated edition of the well-known books are a huge contribution to English literary giants to world culture. On the other hand, the exhibition called "the Tudors, Stuarts and the early Romanovs: the life of the yard in 1509-1685," will be held at the Victoria and albert Museum from March to July 2013; it will be unique exhibits from the Kremlin and the Moscow state historical Museum. The exhibition will be on display exhibits of pure silver in excellent condition, which were presented by Russian tsars English ambassadors, as well as silver from the collection of Charles I, which was sold to English merchants Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. These exhibits will be accompanied by portraits of the kings of the Kremlin, Moscow state historical Museum, the British Royal Collection, and portraits of British and Russian diplomats and merchants, courtesy of the Museum Guildhall, Scottish national portrait gallery and private collections, including a collection of castle Howard. The exhibition will show a resumption of the Anglo-Russian diplomatic relations after the English civil war, talking about after Charles II Carlisle, performing its functions in 1663 1664, and after about Russia in England Potemkin, who was there in that capacity from 1681 to 1682 G. The exhibition will also present a book about the culture of the two countries, published in English and Russian languages, edited jointly by Professor O. Dmitrieva (Moscow state University) and Dr. Tessa Murdoch (Victoria and albert Museum). The book includes articles about the culture of diplomacy (O. Dmitrieva), about the English textiles (K. Brown, English jewellery (R. Edgcomb) and about the English miniature (K. Combs). Natalia Abramova says about English silver, stored in Moscow. The program will culminate in a two-day international conference at the Victoria and albert Museum, which will be held at the London society for the study of the courtyard. The conference will be devoted to the history of Anglo-Russian relations, through the study of the cognitive life of the court and trade between the two Nations.