I found this lecture to be quite interesting and informative, especially since the eggs are so famous, but the craftsmanship and the story behind the eggs is not covered as much. It was interesting how much wealth was put into the creation of the eggs, not just in the materials because the amounts of gold, silver, and precious jewels, but also in the crafting themselves and the time it took to make them. Although I was surprised that bill for the egg that Nicolas II gave to Alexandra Feodorovna was 9,760 rubles, which an average worker would have to work for almost 300 years in order to afford. I was also interested in the complex history of the eggs after the USSR was formed, because some of them were able to survive, but often changed hands quite a few times so learning about how these eggs came to the VMFA was exciting. The large amounts of money people have paid for these eggs was also fascinating and I enjoyed looking at the old financial documents relating to the eggs and the finances of the people who have owned them in the past. The other part of the lecture looked into the history and evolution of Russian decorative arts which was also quite interesting, because it was able to weave in lots of Russian history and information of the expansion of the tsar's power and of the Russian empire. I was intrigued by the life of Faberge himself and ended up learning a lot about him before he was employed by the Romanovs. The lecture also was quite informative about the royal family as well, giving information about the family histories of spouses, such as Maria Feodorovna, who was known as Princess Dagmar in Denmark.
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Avarice StankiewiczHi, I'm Avarice, though I mostly go by Kace, I'm an art 5 student at Maggie Walker Governor's school and page is just a space for some reflection, research and progress photos for my work. Archives
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