G. K. Lukomsky. Vologda in her old days.

Apollo (HL), No. 1, 1915

Mr. Lukomsky. Vologda in her old days. Description of monuments of artistic and architectural antiquity, compiled and published with the participation of members of the Northern circle of lovers of fine arts. SPB.1914.C. 3 p. 75 k.

If we compare  "Vologda."  on  "Bostroma."  (published by the same author in 1913), we note significant changes in the plan of publications. There.  "Kostrome" - the main desire of the author was  "to evoke sympathy for the artistic appearance of the city and for the antiquities preserved in it." Here, in  "Vologde"-  “the compiler hopes ... that this book, if it does not help to clarify the historical data on the emergence of certain buildings, it will, however, serve as some help in reviewing the ancient monuments of Vologda, and also give for the first time at least brief information about the still undervalued fresco paintings, icons and buildings of the era of Catherine, Alexandrovsky and Nikolaev classicism in Vologda.

The challenge  “Creating sympathy” gives way to another – to be  We will help in the study of ancient monuments. Let's be clear: in Kostroma  important   And in this way, which infected with its admiration and made us, readers, “the uninitiated people”, – to feel and love this people closely.  "old man." In  "Vologda" is just   c c c c c c c c c etc, which has left us ourselves to overcome our indifference  "uninitiated"  plentiful  "pieces of antiquity", collected with great care and diligence. From  Kostromas.  toward  "Vologda" is the way from  "books"  toward  "guidebook." At the same time, we want to welcome this change and regret it. Greetings – since it seems to us unquestionable that in all areas of Russian art it is time to move from a haphazard approach.  "admiration" and superficial  "amateurism"  historical study and scientific knowledge. Pity... In this case, regret those pages.  "Admiration" that so successfully revived and soldered into one whole  "Kostroma" and which are not in  "Vologda."

How  "Introduction" to the scientific study of local antiquity, "Vologda"  She's pretty good. It's a difficult, painstaking place.  "drawn"  work on a set of scattered around Vologda, its nooks and environs, precious remnants of history and creativity - in a single   I'm here.  (And you are amazed at how plentiful, persistently demanding a museum was!) The importance of the work will be appreciated by anyone who has studied any of the areas of the past of our art and has always faced insurmountable obstacles – scarcity, fragmentation, insufficiency of materials and sources. As an example of the completeness and integrity of this  "guidebook" and  handbook  In the olden days, we will show at least him.    (b) and (b) a number of new or forgotten sources,  extracted from the Vologda, Provincial, Diocesan and Clear Vedomosti.

Finishing our parallel between  "Kostroma" and  "Vologda," we'll point out.  The superiority of the appearance of the second edition over the first. More relevant to the tasks of the book seem to us and its size, and the font, and the choice of paper, and finally, the picture of the cover, executed by S. Chekhonin.

                                           Vs.Dm.

*) “Vologda”, p. 14