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Information × Registration Number 0225U003671, (0120U104690) , R & D reports Title Gold-embroidery workshop of the Kyiv Florivsky Ascention Convent of the 18th century popup.stage_title Гаптарська майстерня Києво-Вознесенського Флорівського монастиря XVIII ст. Head kondratiuk Alina Yu., Кандидат мистецтвознавства Registration Date 30-07-2025 Organization Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve popup.description1 The work is about the activity of the gold-embroidery workshop of the Kyiv- Florivsky Ascention convent – the largest Kyiv center for the production of the gold-embroidered pieces of fabric of the 18th century. The style and technique of the products created in this convent defined the new fundamental principles of the Ukrainian art of gold-embroidery that appeared in the middle – latter half of the 18th century. Preserved monuments and archival materials help studying the main stages of the development of the Florivsky gold-embroidery workshop. A number of works done by the craftswomen of the Florivsky convent, which are part of the Fund collection of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Preserve and belong to other collections of the Ukrainian museum institutions, are subject of attribution and introduction into the scientific circulation for the first time. popup.description2 Report on research work: 158 p., 2 appendixes, 80 figures, 89 sources. LITURGICAL TEXTILES, EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP, KYIV FLORIVSKYI VOZNESENSKIY (ASCENSION) MONASTERY, ART CENTER, CHURCH EMBROIDERY The research object is Ukrainian church embroidery of the 18th c. as a component of the sacred art of Ukraine. The research aim is to study the process of formation and development of the Florivskyi Voznesenskiy (Ascension) Monastery’s embroidery workshop as a leading Kyiv center of gold embroidery in 18th c. The research methodological basis is provided by the principles of historicism, objectivity, scientific, comprehensiveness. The study applies interdisciplinary, historical, cultural, socio-cultural approaches, the principles of historicism, systematicity, which made possible a comprehensive vision of the activities of the embroidery workshop of the Monastery in the context of Ukrainian sacred art. A combination of general scientific, specific scientific, art historical methods of research was also used. The application of modern interdisciplinary approaches allowed to comprehensively explore the social, economic, and artistic dimensions of the craftswomen’s activities, revealing the uniqueness of the Florivskyi embroidery style. The research reveals the prerequisites for the formation and development of the embroidery artcraft in Monastery; characterizes the process of ordering and manufacturing of embroidered liturgical cloths by nuns-masters; reveals stylistic, technical and technological features inherent in the works of the Florivskyi embroidery center; outlines the range and clarifies the attribution of gold sewing items – works of the Florivskyi embroidery workshop of the 18th c. from the National Preserve “Kyiv Pechersk Lavra” collection. The research results can be used in scientific and exhibition, museum and educational work, which will contribute to the integration of the museum institution into the system of the intellectual and museum European community. Product Description popup.authors Varyvoda Alina H. popup.nrat_date 2025-07-30 Close