The image of the ancient tripod in the Russian arts of the second half of 18th century
Abstract
Many tripods images are well preserved on the ancient painted vases and cameos. There are Etruscan and Roman bronze and marble tripods found by the archeologists. This ancient motive was commonly used in decoration of the palace ware of the second half of 18th century in Russia. Tripods of the end of the 18th century were decorative, and their functions did not repeat the antique ones. Table-tripods were made on special occasions: they demonstrated education of members of the imperial family, high culture of the grand life, and were reminders of the real events, sometimes mythologized. Enfilade of the palace, laden with the tripod, looked like a metaphor of the Athenian Tripodon streets. The foot of several tables is often done according to one figure, while variety of tops reflected high achievements of artistic production and mining. But items which would have reminded the antique tripods were not enough to talk about their national peculiarities.
Keywords:
tripod, table, porcelain, glass, bronze, Classicism, antiquity, Etruscans,, Rome, Pompeii, Herculanum, Saint Petersburg, Pavlovsk, Gatchina
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