Academic literature on the topic 'President's Palace of the Republic of Moldova'

The project of current the President’s Palace of the Republic of Moldova (former the Soviet Supreme of Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic) was realized in 1980–1985 by architects Yuri Tumanyan, Arcady Zaltsman, Victor Iavorski and engineer Anatoly Liutîi. From a constructive point of view, it is an edifice designed from three blocks including the vertical core and two lower side annexes. The President’s Palace of the Republic of Moldova represents one of the first Moldovan buildings built in the postmodernist style. However, the authors of the project appealed not only to postmodernist models, but also to the national architectural and decorative patrimony (“stone flower”), using some stylized elements of the classical orders (pilasters, denticulated cornices, etc.), of the Caucasian architecture (“glhatun” or “darbazi” cover’s system, etc.) and the interwar architecture (cassette ceilings, etc.). This building is an important urban accent in the historical center of Chisinău and monument,which is readily recognizable bythe inhabitants of Chişinău, the capital’s guests and foreign tourists. 

At the end of 2003, on the eve of Christmas, French President Jacques Chirac delivered a keynote address on "secularism as a fundamental principle of the Republic" in the Elysee Palace before the Prime Minister, heads of assembly, ministers and members of parliament. The President's speech aroused considerable interest not only in France but also around the world, as it touched upon a very urgent problem in many countries - the relationship between the Church and the State.

Based on his work, Mihail Statnii proved to be a distinctive artistic personality, who has asserted himself in the field of fine arts in the Republic of Moldova thanks to his vocation for painting. Throughout his creative career, the artist has revealed on canvas aspects of the rural world, traditions, customs and folk festivals through a lyrical vision and a plastic language dominated by the pictorial principle. The artist’s creative evolution is interesting and attractive due to the freedom of expression, focused on traditional concepts of plastic culture. Since the mid1960s, he participated in local, national and international exhibitions, becoming a renowned painter whose own life experience is reflected in his paintings, which help him immortalize all thoughts, turmoil and emotions of the human soul. The stylistic rendering of certain subjects differs depending on the period of his creation. The artist’s works are found in the treasury of the National Museum of Art of Moldova, the Museum of History of Moldova, the „Mihail Statnii” Art Gallery in the Palace of Culture in Beleavinti native village, Briceni district, Republic of Moldova, the University Gallery of Nicosia, Cyprus, and in numerous private collections. By his work, the artist enriches the national cultural heritage and defines new facets in the development of modern painting.