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Fedoskino miniature
Fedoskino miniature is a Russian craft of lacquer miniature painting in oil on papier-mâché, begun near Moscow in 1795, the oldest of the four Russian lacquer centers.
Moscow school of icon painting
The Moscow school of icon painting, a school of Old Russian art of the 14th to 16th centuries, is known for Andrei Rublev and his Trinity.
Novgorod school of icon painting
The Novgorod school of icon painting (Новгородская школа иконописи) was a medieval Russian school of religious painting formed in Veliky Novgorod by the 13th century.
Novgorod school of monumental painting
The Novgorod school of fresco painting is the medieval tradition of church wall painting that developed in Veliky Novgorod between the 11th and 15th centuries.
Palekh miniature
Palekh miniature is a Russian folk craft of miniature painting in egg tempera on lacquered papier-mâché boxes, developed by former icon painters in the settlement of Palekh from the early 1920s.
Parsuna
Parsuna (парсуна), from the Latin persona, is a genre of Russian portrait painting of the 17th and early 18th centuries, transitional between icon painting and the secular portrait.
Pskov school of icon painting
The Pskov school of icon painting (Псковская школа иконописи) was a regional school of Old Russian art, active in Pskov from the 13th to 16th centuries.
Russian lacquer miniature
Russian lacquer miniature (лаковая миниатюра) is a craft of painting detailed scenes on lacquered papier-mâché boxes, practiced at four centers: Fedoskino, Palekh, Mstyora, and Kholui.