IMAGE OF THE RUSSIAN TSAR AND THE MIDDLE AGES IN JEWELLERY (ON THE ISSUE OF "RUSSIAN STYLE" IN THE ITEMS FROM FABERGE MUSEUM COLLECTION)
The author examines meaningful and formal aspects of “Russian style” in the domestic jewellery of the second half of the XIX century by the example of Faberge Museum collection. Using methods of modern art criticism the paper identifies the basic features of “Russian style” in decorative and applied arts. Special attention is paid to implementing the image of the Russian ruler of the past and the Middle Ages in the jewellery of the leading Russian firms of the second half of the XIX - the beginning of the XX century.