Coronation editions for the people of the second half of the 19th century: historical aspects
Abstract
For the first time, the article raises the question of the creation and artistic design of coronation folk publications in a historical context. In art history, only coronation albums were previously studied exclusively in hard leather with ornaments, bound with thick coated paper, and chromolithographs from watercolors by famous artists dedicated to the celebrations of the accession to the throne of representatives of the House of Romanov and serving as opportunistic gift editions. The proposed work presents various approaches of publishers, artists, and lithographers related to printing publications for a wide audience during the coronation celebrations of 1856, 1883, and 1896; describes the artistic side of illustrations and folk pictures as works of printed graphics intended for mass distribution; highlights the features of the national folk book with illustrations about the accession to the throne Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II. It is concluded that the coronation folk publications are not objects of art, but retain the status of monuments of material culture, since they introduced the target audience to the most important historical events of Russia through their splinter storylines.
About the Author
M. V. Ryzhanok
St.Petersburg Union of Artists, Association of Art Critics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina V. Ryzhanok, Independent researcher, art critic
St.Petersburg
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Ryzhanok M.V. Coronation editions for the people of the second half of the 19th century: historical aspects. ARTE. 2025;(1):67-80. (In Russ.)
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