Historical and Archival Aspects of Expertise and Attribution of N. K. Roerich’s Works

Поступила в редакцию: 01.06.2021. Принята к печати: 12.10.2021.Submitted: 01.06.2021. Accepted: 12.10.2021.В статье, основанной на материалах экспертных и атрибуционных исследований, проводимых автором на протяжении разных лет, рассматриваются историко-архивные документы, свидетельства и факты, использованные в ходе проведения экспертизы и атрибуций произведений станкового и театрально-декорационного искусства Николая Константиновича Рериха (1874–1947), а также выявляется роль и значение для экспертизы документов из фондов отделов рукописей Государственного Русского музея, Государственной Третьяковской галереи, Российского государственного архива литературы и искусства, Центрального государственного архива кинофотофонодокументов Санкт-Петербурга и других учреждений, что имеет значение для уточнения и изучения художественного наследия мастера. Цель статьи состоит в рассмотрении отдельных примеров проведения экспертизы и атрибуций произведений Н. К. Рериха с помощью разного рода историко-культурных и бытовых документов, фактов и свидетельств, получивших отражение в опубликованных и неопубликованных искусствоведческих текстах, эпистолярных и мемуарных источниках, в надписях на оборотах картин и на полях типографских оттисков выставочных каталогов и произведений искусства Рериха, т. е. всего того, что содержит важную для эксперта информацию, входящую в понятие «историко-архивные аспекты». В статье приведены примеры искусствоведческих, культурологических и технико-технологических методов, применяемых при проведении экспертизы и атрибуций художественных произведений, и их результат, получивший отражение в «заключениях эксперта», атрибуциях, в выверенном и уточненном описании произведений и истории их бытования, что имеет важное значение для понимания искусства художника, дальнейшего анализа его творчества и, как следствие, появления новых научных и просветительских изданий.Based on the materials of expert and attribution studies carried out by the author over the years, this article examines the historical and archival documents, evidence and facts used in the course of the examination and attribution of works of easel, theatrical and decorative art of Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947). Also, the author examines the role which documents from the funds of the departments of manuscripts of the State Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian State Archives of Literature and Art, the Central State Archive of Film and Photographic Documents of St Petersburg, and other institutions play in the examination process, which is important for clarifying and studying the artistic heritage of the master. The purpose of the article is to consider individual examples of the examination and attribution of N. K. Roerich’s works with the help of various kinds of historical, cultural, and everyday documents, facts, and evidence reflected in unpublished art history texts, epistolary and memoir sources, in inscriptions on the reverse of paintings and on the margins of typographic prints of exhibition catalogues and works of art by Roerich, i.e. everything that contains important information for an expert included in the concept of “historical and archival aspects”. The article provides examples of art history, culturological and technical and technological methods used in the examination and attribution of works of art, and their result, which is reflected in the “expert conclusions”, attributions, verified and refined description of works and the history of their existence, which is important for understanding the artist’s work, further analysis of his work and, as a result, the emergence of new scholarly and educational publications

X-ray film chamber with carbon target of Tien-Shan complex array

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Postdocs in Russia: Peculiarities of Employment and Incentives

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Pharmacological activity of new imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid derivatives in dopaminergic transmission suppression ttests in mice and rats

To study the antiparkinsonian activity of new 1,2-substituted imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acids in dopaminergic transmission suppression tests in mice and rat

Formation of groundwater levels of drained lands in the natural and climatic conditions of the Novgorod region

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This article contains results of experimental research of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) deformation and creep under linear and plane stresses. During the tests predetermined values of real stresses considering current deformation were constant. The equation of mechanical states considering instant elastic, viscoelastic, instant plastic and viscoplastic components of total deformation was obtained. The equation is used for the description of PTFE deformations (F-4, F-4D, F-4D0) under stationary and non-stationary cyclic loads in flat stress condition with an application of material constant volume condition, condition of similarity of deviators of stresses and deformations and with the input of parameters which are functions of the form of stress deviators. The results of PTFE creep investigation under real stresses reaching ultimate values are relevant and unique

Population genetics studies of <i>Puccinia striiformis</i> f. sp. <i>tritici</i> in Dagestan and Northwestern Russia

Background. Yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis West.) is a harmful disease of cereal crops. Significant yellow rust in cidence has systematically been registered on VIR’s experimental fields in Derbent (Dagestan) and Pushkin (North western Russia). Resistance assessment and subsequent selection of resistance sources for breeding require proper monitoring of the virulence in the pathogen’s local populations. The purpose of this work was to characterize the virulence of P. striiformis on VIR’s experimental fields in Derbent and Pushkin, and use molecular markers to find out whether the studied P. striiformis isolates belong to any of the most dangerous invasive groups PstS1 and PstS2.Materials and methods. In Derbent, leaves with uredinio pustules were collected from bread and durum wheat accessions; in Pushkin, from bread wheat and triticale plants. The pathogen’s virulence was analyzed in the laboratory using the world and European sets of differential cultivars, and isogenic Avocet Yr lines. In 2020, the resistance of differential sets was tested in the field in Derbent under a high natural infection pressure. SCAR markers were used to identify the invasive PstS1 and PstS2 isolates. Results and conclusion. A total of 18 phenotypes (races) of striiformis were identified (4 in Derbent, and 14 in Pushkin). The Yr5, Yr10, Yr15, Yr17, Yr24 and Yr26 genes manifested high effectiveness in both locations. In the field, immune responses were observed in the Avocet lines with the Yr5, Yr7, Yr8, Yr10, Yr15, Yr24 and YrAR genes, and in the differential cvs. ‘Vilmorin 23’, ‘Moro’, ‘Reichersberg 42’, ‘Heines Peko’, ‘Nord Desprez’, ‘Compare’, ‘Carstens V’, ‘Spaldings Prolific’ and ‘Heines VII’. Moderate resistance was recorded for the line Jupateco 73R (damage up to 5%), and cvs. ‘Heines Kolben’ and ‘Strubes Dickkopf’ (5–10%). Using molecular markers, 2 isolates from the invasive group PstS2 were identified in the Pushkin collection of P. striiformis

ESTIMATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF MEDICAL REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE DUST BRONCHITIS

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