THE LAY OF IGOR’S HOST
Short description:
The greatest patriotic poem from Early Rus’. Engravings with an astonishing multitude of facets and emotional intensity become a visual dialogue between Yury Lyukshin, an Honoured Artist of Russia, and the late 12th-century epic’s brilliant author. This publication is made especially valuable by the completely handwritten text executed in ustav, the uncial-style script that is the earliest form of Cyrillic writing.
Artists:
Yury Lyukshin
Denis Lotarev
Yury Lyukshin
Graphic artist, painter, book illustrator, teacher. Has taken part in more than 300 exhibitions in Russia and abroad, including 65 solo exhibitions. Member of the Artist’s Union and of the International Association of Art Critics. Honoured Artist of Russia.
Denis Lotarev
Graphic artist, calligrapher, painter and sculptor. Participant in the 1st International Calligraphy Exhibition in Moscow in 2008 (and regularly thereafter), as well as many group and personal exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia.
Edition:
30 copies numbered and signed by the publisher and artists. Copy № 1 is in the collection of the State Hermitage.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:2012
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Number of pages:108
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Dimensions:530 × 380 mm
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Paper:Hahnemühle (Germany), 300 g/m², handmade
Language:
Russian
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the illustrations, design from the embossing, illuminated initials, frames, vignettes, headpieces, tailpieces and miniatures on the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Calligraphy — Denis Lotarev
Design of the cover — Piotr Suspitsyn
Layout — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Printing of the etchings and embossing — Alexander Mikhailov
Production of the copper elements on the cover — Pavel Yekushev
Production of the wooden boards for the cover — Viacheslav Kudelin, Grigory Roshal
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
The text is written in ustav, the earliest form of Cyrillic writing, used in Russian manuscripts of the 11th–13th centuries. In keeping with the traditions for the adornments of the finest examples of Early Russian book-production, the manuscript is richly embellished with illuminated initials, frames, vignettes, headpieces and tailpieces.
Each page of the book is a unique work of art, the result of a creative alliance between two gifted artists — Yury Lyukshin and Denis Lotarev.
Each page of the book is a unique work of art, the result of a creative alliance between two gifted artists — Yury Lyukshin and Denis Lotarev.
Work directly on the creation of the book began in 1999 and lasted a dozen years. Yury Lyukshin studied the Lay itself, the extensive body of research on it and illustrative materials.
The result of the long years of work on illustrating the Lay for the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house was a series of 19 prints made in the aquatint etching technique and richly enhanced with watercolour.
The result of the long years of work on illustrating the Lay for the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house was a series of 19 prints made in the aquatint etching technique and richly enhanced with watercolour.
The cover is made from oak wood. Just as with Early Russian icons, the picture on the front cover was painted in the tempera technique, which requires virtuoso skill from the artist. The cover is embellished with copper mounts and clasps that might be said to guard the book’s magnificent contents from unauthorized eyes. The chased designs on them match the symbolism and artistic style in which the publication is made.
The book is kept in a case decorated with fabric.
The book is kept in a case decorated with fabric.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
About this edition
About this edition:
-
Year of publication:2012
-
Number of pages:108
-
Dimensions:530 × 380 mm
-
Paper:Hahnemühle (Germany), 300 g/m², handmade
Language:
Russian
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the illustrations, design from the embossing, illuminated initials, frames, vignettes, headpieces, tailpieces and miniatures on the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Calligraphy — Denis Lotarev
Design of the cover — Piotr Suspitsyn
Layout — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Printing of the etchings and embossing — Alexander Mikhailov
Production of the copper elements on the cover — Pavel Yekushev
Production of the wooden boards for the cover — Viacheslav Kudelin, Grigory Roshal
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Text
The text is written in ustav, the earliest form of Cyrillic writing, used in Russian manuscripts of the 11th–13th centuries. In keeping with the traditions for the adornments of the finest examples of Early Russian book-production, the manuscript is richly embellished with illuminated initials, frames, vignettes, headpieces and tailpieces.
Each page of the book is a unique work of art, the result of a creative alliance between two gifted artists — Yury Lyukshin and Denis Lotarev.
Each page of the book is a unique work of art, the result of a creative alliance between two gifted artists — Yury Lyukshin and Denis Lotarev.
Illustrations
Work directly on the creation of the book began in 1999 and lasted a dozen years. Yury Lyukshin studied the Lay itself, the extensive body of research on it and illustrative materials.
The result of the long years of work on illustrating the Lay for the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house was a series of 19 prints made in the aquatint etching technique and richly enhanced with watercolour.
The result of the long years of work on illustrating the Lay for the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house was a series of 19 prints made in the aquatint etching technique and richly enhanced with watercolour.
Binding
The cover is made from oak wood. Just as with Early Russian icons, the picture on the front cover was painted in the tempera technique, which requires virtuoso skill from the artist. The cover is embellished with copper mounts and clasps that might be said to guard the book’s magnificent contents from unauthorized eyes. The chased designs on them match the symbolism and artistic style in which the publication is made.
The book is kept in a case decorated with fabric.
The book is kept in a case decorated with fabric.
THE LAY OF IGOR’S HOST
A classic of Old Russian literature dating from the end of the 12th century
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