History and Culture: Exhibition of the XVII century church architecture presented in Kolomenskoye

“The Patterns of Russian Temples” exhibition was opened on the Ascension Square in Kolomenskoye, in the St. George the Victorious Church (the Moscow State Integrated Museum-Reserve). It features the architectural style typical for the XVII century. This Russian architectural style is characterized by the intricate forms, an abundance of decor, the complexity of composition and picturesque silhouette.
The reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was a blossoming time for the church construction both in Moscow and throughout Russia.
The stone Russian architecture style of the end of the XVII century was called "Russian", "Naryshkinsky" or "Moscow" Baroque. Its features are clear symmetry and balance of masses and decorativeness.
Russian pattern style is closely connected with the tiles decoration. Tiles adorned almost all the churches built in the XVII century. Multi-color and green tiles were a colorful and varied decoration of the church building as an ornate house of God.
The church architecture of Moscow, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Murom is presented both in graphic works of the XIX-XX centuries and in the electronic section. The exhibition showcases the unique tiles of the XVII century from a rich collection of tiles of the Museum-reserve.