"Frescoes of Yaroslavl" by V. Bryusov 1983
"Frescoes of Yaroslavl. 17th - early 18th century" by V.G. Bryusov
Moscow "Art" 1983, circulation 25,000
148 pages, format 24.5 cm * 33 cm (large), dust jacket
In the elegant churches of Yaroslavl of the 17th century, which adorn the city to this day, strikingly beautiful paintings have been preserved. In the ringing decorativeness, the major tone of the frescoes, in the tireless, generous imagination of their creators, in the images inspired by folklore, popular ideas about the beauty of life were embodied. The creators of the frescoes were talented masters of the Yaroslavl school of monumental painting, famous in Rus' in the 17th century.
The album introduces the reader to the features of the artistic system of the Yaroslavl school of monumentalists, its development throughout the 16th-18th centuries, and the work of its leading masters.
