Vintage 1977 Soviet Book: The Art of the Medal – A. Kosareva | Tsar to Soviet Books

Vintage 1977 Soviet Art Monograph: "The Art of the Medal" by A. V. Kosareva

For art historians, sculptors, and collectors of small-scale relief art, this 1977 original Soviet hardcover monograph is a specialized primary reference text. Published in Moscow by Prosveshcheniye (Издательство «Просвещение»), The Art of the Medal (Искусство медали: Книга для учителя) was authored by art historian Alla Vasilyevna Kosareva.

Bound in original illustrated cream boards depicting iconic Soviet commemorative medals (Cruiser Aurora, Lenin, Yuri Gagarin, and Moscow), this 127-page work examines the evolution of medallic relief art across three centuries.

Russian Imperial Minting, Soviet Relief Sculpture & Medallic Design

Kosareva’s study traces the stylistic and technical development of Russian medallic art:

• Small-Scale Relief Sculpture (Малая пластика): Technical analysis of bas-relief composition, casting techniques, and medal alloys.

• Imperial Russian Era (18th–19th Century): Analysis of Peter the Great's victory medals, Catherine II series, architectural commemoratives (Pulkovo Observatory, Voronikhin), and works by master sculptors like A. Gube.

• Soviet Commemorative Medals: Coverage of early post-1917 revolutionary bas-reliefs, 1918 Lenin medals, WWII military jubilees, and space age achievements, including the Yuri Gagarin space flight medal.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Искусство медали: Книга для учителя (The Art of the Medal)

• Author: Alla Vasilyevna Kosareva (А. В. Косарева)

• Publisher: "Prosveshcheniye" Publishing House (Москва)

• Publication Date: 1977 (Moscow, USSR)

• Language: Russian

• Binding: Original publisher's illustrated hardcover

• Page Count: 127 pages, illustrated

• Classification: Soviet Fine Arts / Medallic Art History / Russian Relief Sculpture