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Digital humanities is an activity based on a symbiosis of the humanities sciences and information technologies. This is an international activity. There are many communities implementing projects in this area. For example: Russian Association for Digital Humanities (http://dhrussia.ru) and European Association for Digital Humanities (http://eadh.org/). Under the flags of Digital Humanities ITMO University (Department of Graphic Technologies, Center of design and multimedia), Saint Petersburg State University (department «Information Systems in Arts and Humanities») and Saint-Petersburg state Roerich family Museum and Institute create project - Multimedia Information System "Architecture and art complex Theodore town in Tsarskoye Selo as an example of Russian style" (http://russianstyle.ifmo.ru/). The main components of this portal are: Virtual reconstruction of Architectural and artistic complex of Feodorovsky town in Tsarskoye Selo; Scientific articles about Feodorovsky town and Russian Style; archive of materials and interactive applications for virtual reality headsets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to the role of the Russian style in Russian art history. Russian style is discussed as an example of national historicism. The main features and attributes of Russian style and their expression in architecture, art and design are described. Stages of Russian style development are described, including "Society for the Revival of artistic Russia" as the most completed stage of Russian style concept forming. The idea of recreating the image of Holy Russia was supported by state. Fedorovsky (Russian) Gorodok in Tsarskoye Selo was constructed as an Emperor Country Residence. Fedorovsky Gorodok is the most striking example of architectural and artistic complex of early XX century, created in the National style. It possess specific architectural and planning solutions, repeating the ancient Russian fortress - kremlin - scheme. The ancient Russian architecture forms were reconstructed in the civil architecture with the help of new construction technologies. Fedorovsky Gorodok buildings are discussed as a visualized history of Russian architecture of XII - XVII centuries. It was created by architects S.S. Krichinsky, V.V. Suslov, P.P. Pokrishkin and artists N.K. Roerih, V.M. Vasnetsov, G. Pashkov. The Refectory building is the most representative part of Fedorovsky Gorodok. It is discussed as a presentation of the motives of Russian XVI - XVII century's architecture and painting. The artistic embodiment of traditional Russian ideas about the World Order is impressed in plan and volume-spatial solutions of the building, as well as the combination of New Testament and Old Testament motifs with Russian pre-Christian mythological and poetic images. The article also describes the Soviet period attitude to the Russian style, the XX century history of the Fedorovsky Gorodok and modern state of the Refectory building. Virtual reconstruction was the only way to make the lost monument visible. Specific problems of the interior virtual reconstruction are discussed, including ways of complicated vaulting geometry reconstruction. Usage of the virtual reconstruction for students - future restores is also discussed. An interactive application, that allows seeing different color schemes for the Refectory interiors, was created. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to the problem of the Russian Style in the history of art in Russia, realized in the concept of recreating the image of Holy Rus. The research is focused on the history of creation of Fedorovsky Gorodok (St. Fyodor's Town) in the suburban imperial residence of Tsarskoe Selo (St. Petersburg). The ensemble of Fedorovsky Gorodok is arguably the most prominent example of the architectural and artistic entity of the early 20th century, designed in the Russian traditional style. In this ensemble the civil architecture was represented in the ancient forms of Russian architecture by using new construction technologies, which made Fedorovsky Gorodok a visualized chronicle of Russian architecture of 12-17th centuries. Unfortunately, the original image of the unique monument, the Refectory of Fedorovsky Gorodok, is lost. Consequently, the only way to visualize the lost monument is the virtual reconstruction, that we regard as an impressive and innovative tool in academia. The key mission of this project is to explore specific features of the virtual reconstruction of the interior and to underscore the most challenging issues, for example the ways to recreate the complex geometry of the vaults [1]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]