Kolomer

P001 Palace of the Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich in Kolomenskoye (Kolomer)... palace was referred to by contemporaries as the Eighth Wonder of the World...

P002 ... 17th century Palace of the Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich... a monument of art and everyday life of the last and brightest period of Moscow Tsardom...

P003 ... a peculiar style that consists in a successful synthesis of pre-Petrine Russia traditions and those of Western Europe...

P004 ... wooden palace famed for its fanciful fairytale roofs...

P005 ... built without using saws, nails, or hooks...

P006 ... nice painting of mythological characters...

P007 ... the creative work of the best Russian icon painters, artists, engravers, wood carvers and smiths, all their hard work embellished the Tsar’s palace...

P010 ... traditional Russian ideas about

P011 ... authentic art objects from the museum collection made by Russian masters in the 17th century help to understand such key notions of the Russian art as...

P012 ... narrator dressed in traditional mid-late 17th century costume of a noble Russian woman (a boyar woman or Tsarina)....

P013 ... let

P014 ... artistic reconstruction of interiors was based on thorough research of historical sources as well as a wide range of authentic prototypes... Original wooden...

P015 ... Front Hall decorated with

P016 ... Coat of arms of Russia painted on ceiling of Front Hall...

P017 ... interior décor is bright and varied... intricate carving on architraves and window and door cornices...

P019 ... colourful polyphony of wall and ceiling paintings and ornamental tissue upholstery of furniture and walls, ornaments on carpets; bright light comes from...

P020 ... icon paintings...

P021 ... image of the starry sky with symbols of the Sun and the Moon played a great part in the interior décor... motif symbolizes the ties between earthly and...