Empress Elizabeth of Russia and religious art of that time
The paper provides an analysis of influence of Empress Elisabeth’s religious commitments on the development of ecclesiastical art in Russia. The Empress was paid special attention to canons and traditions of Orthodox Church and demanded from architects and artists to observe them thoroughly. There are demonstrated mechanisms of such influence in the article, on the example of architectural decorative adornments of St.-Petersburg’s iconostasises of the middle of XVIII century; the character of relations between the Empress and artists is briefly elucidated.