Private collections in Russia. Works of the Italian Renaissance and Northern Renaissance in Moscow

For 6 years now, the “Arts Center. Moscow" on Volkhonka 15 (territory of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior) exhibits masterpieces from private Russian collections. Among the exhibits are paintings by Aivazovsky, Shishkin, Savrasov, Levitan, Vasiliev, Vereshchagin, as well as rare and famous Western European masters.

Exhibitions change one after another. The exhibition is constantly updated: some masterpieces return to private collections, others take their places.

This summer, the Center is hosting two important exhibitions that provide insight into the formative eras of Western civilization and contemporary art. One of the exhibitions, “The Unknown Renaissance,” is dedicated to the Italian Renaissance. The other is “Renaissance: The Starting Point,” which talks about the art of the Northern Renaissance and Baroque.

In the history of art, the French Renaissance and the Russian word Vozrozhdenie are identical terms that refer to the period from the beginning of the 20th to the XNUMXs of the XNUMXth century. Also in art there is the term “Proto-Renaissance”. The term denotes the period preceding the Renaissance from the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Why is the Renaissance also important to us? During the Renaissance, a visual language, a circle of images and symbols, and painting techniques were formed, which retained their significance until the second half of the XNUMXth century and shaped the face of modern Western civilization. It was during the Renaissance that the modern system of painting developed, which has remained relevant to this day. In the art of that time, easel painting was established, the social position of the artist, who became a creator, changed, and not conventional, but images similar to the earthly world became widespread. When creating a work of art, regardless of its religious or secular nature, artists kept God's creation in mind, echoing it or trying to debate with it. In this regard, the religious character of a significant part of the collection expressively characterizes the art of the era.

"Unknown Renaissance"

Italian art from private collections

The exhibition brings together three leading Italian schools of painting: Florentine, Venetian and Siena. The exhibition will present the rarest masterpieces of the leading artists of the era, names of world significance: Giovanni Bellini, whose work paved the way for Venetian painting from late Gothic and proto-Renaissance to the new art of the High Renaissance, as well as the Siennese Sano di Pietro, Andrea di Bartolo; Florentines Jacopo del Casentino and Niccolo di Giovanni; masters of northern and central Italy - Francesco Benaglio and Luca Signorelli.

Collecting Italian paintings is difficult due to the relative rarity of works on the art market and Italian laws on the import and export of cultural monuments. Therefore, the exhibition “Unknown Renaissance” is a real cultural event.

"Renaissance: starting point"

Dutch and Flemish painting of the 15th-17th centuries from private collections

The exhibition “Renaissance: the starting point” examines the era of the 15th-17th centuries as the starting point and the era of the formation of modern visual language. It was in the north of Europe in the Netherlands that oil easel painting became widespread, dominating art right up to our time. The exhibition includes works by rare and famous masters and their workshops. Among the exhibits are works by the Master of the Holy Blood, the Master of Portraits of Princes, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Frans Snyders, Abel Grimmer, Bartholomeus van Bassen and others. The exhibition provides a comprehensive insight into early Netherlandish, Dutch and Flemish painting. Therefore, if you want to see the Dutch and Flemings, be sure to visit the exhibition “Renaissance: The Starting Point”.

A catalog was published for the exhibitions "Renaissance: starting point".

Details and tickets for official gallery website.