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Премудрость Астреи : памятники масонства ХVIII-середины ХІХ века в собрании Эрмитажа = The Wisdom of Astraea : freemasonry in the 18th and middle of the 19th century : objects in the Hermitage collection

Title
  • Премудрость Астреи : памятники масонства ХVIII-середины ХІХ века в собрании Эрмитажа = The Wisdom of Astraea : freemasonry in the 18th and middle of the 19th century : objects in the Hermitage collection / авторы статей Г.А. Миролюбова [and 5 others].
  • Premudrostʹ Astrei : pami︠a︡tniki masonstva XVIII-serediny XIX veka v sobranii Ėrmitazha = The Wisdom of Astraea : freemasonry in the 18th and middle of the 19th century : objects in the Hermitage collection / avtory stateĭ G.A. Miroli︠u︡bova [and 5 others].
Author
  • Государственный Эрмитаж (Russia), owner, issuing body.
  • Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia), owner, issuing body.
Publication
  • Санкт-Петербург : Издательство Государственного Эрмитажа, 2017.
  • Sankt-Peterburg : Izdatelʹstvo Gosudarstvennogo Ėrmitazha, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Миролюбова, Г. А.
  • Miroli︠u︡bova, G. A.
Description
479 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm
Summary
The visual material comprises works of many kinds connected with the philosophical, religious, and social movement of Freemasonry: those used in masonic rituals, incorporating masonic symbols, or portraying principal figures involved in Freemasonry. Sculpture, paintings, and drawings; applied and decorative arts including jewelry, metalwork, glass, arms, and textiles, Thematic chapters deal with specific questions relating to Russian history such as whether Peter the Great was interested or involved in the movement, and such general ones as how did a pan-European movement, its borderless quality as a universal brotherhood, affect traditional loyalties, in particular, devotion to ones fatherland; this aspect of Freemasonry frightened Catherine the Great and may in part explain her alienation from her son Paul. Art historical sections study the masonic imagery, pointing out the ambiguity of symbols and the difficulty of ascertaining whether likenesses are specific symbols or belong more broadly to the representational language of art.
Alternative Title
Wisdom of Astraea : freemasonry in the 18th and middle of the 19th century
Subject
  • Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia) > Catalogs
  • Freemasons > Russia > History > 18th century > Catalogs
  • Freemasons > Russia > History > 19th century > Catalogs
  • Freemasons
  • Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
  • 1700-1899
  • Freemasonry > Russia > History > 18th century > Catalogs
  • Freemasonry > Russia > History > 19th century > Catalogs
  • Freemasonry and the arts > Russia > Catalogs
  • Freemasonry
  • Freemasonry and the arts
  • Russia
Genre/Form
  • catalogs (documents)
  • Catalogs
  • History
  • Catalogs.
  • Catalogues.
Note
  • At head of title: Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh.
  • At head of title: Государственный Эрмитаж.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-472).
Language (note)
  • Russian with added title page and summary in English.
ISBN
  • 9785935726782
  • 5935726785
OCLC
  • on1039724681
  • 1039724681
  • SCSB-9170919
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library