The Pediment of Maximovs house
The village of Valki, The Balakhna District, The Nizhny Novgorod Province. 1888
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The Rossi Wing
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Room 5 - Period Late 19th century
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Pediments, window frames, multi meter friezes gave the artists an opportunity to fulfill their artistic ability. They adorned the pediment with fabulous flowers and curls of acanthus. One can see good-natured lions with human faces, Sirin birds, mermaid-bereginis, dragons, and snakes. In the Volga carvings, these originally popular poetic images merged into a unique combination with motifs and forms of urban classical architecture. A typical example of creativity of local carvers is the mighty pediment of the Maximovs house from the village of Valk in the Lyskovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
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