The Connection of Times and Generations in the Restoration of Cultural Heritage Monuments
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https://doi.org/10.47451/her2021-10-001Keywords:
recreation, conservation, restoration, imitation of gilding by potting and bronzing, Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo, Great Hall, education of the younger generation of restorers, continuity of generationsAbstract
The topic relevance lies in the fact that the preservation of cultural heritage monuments of our country has been, is and will be the most important at any time for the patriotic, aesthetic, and moral education of young people, who should be instilled with love for the Motherland, for people, who create and preserve beautiful works of art, love of creativity in a variety of fields for contemporaries and descendants. The purpose of the study is to create the Book of Memory of the Restorers of St. Petersburg through the history of the revival of suburban palaces of St Petersburg after the Great Patriotic War on the example of restoring the interiors of the Golden Suite of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo and in particular—the Great Hall or the Light Gallery. The article is devoted to the master restorers who recreated from the ruins and ashes the unique interiors of the Catherine Palace of the architectural palace and park reserve Tsarskoye Selo in the city of Pushkin after its destruction during the Second World War. It tells about the continuity of generations of restorers of the 20th and 21st centuries. In the study course, the works of leading experts and scientists in the field of restoration of the Russian cultural heritage were used.
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