"Abbeville's Tiny Folio series puts the art of the world's greatest museums in the palm of your hand. These pint-sized, picture-packed paperbacks cover highlights of museum collections around the world, from the Art Institute of Chicago to the Louvre and now the Hermitage. If you can't get to St. Petersburg, the 250 color illustrations will give you a wonderful sampling of what you're missing. Complete with an informative introduction, t ..."
"Excerpt from Galerie de l'Histoire de la Peinture au Musée de l'Ermitage Impérial: Explication des 86 Tableaux d'Histoire de l'Art Ancien Chez les Grecs Et les RomainsCes tableaux ne sont point des fresques, comme on pourrait le croire, mais des peintures aux couleurs à la.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an imp ..."
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"This volume covers the Persian miniature and the arts connected with it – including illustrated and illuminated manuscripts, single-page miniatures and drawings, painted lacquer and oils on canvas, presented side by side to give an overall picture of the development of the arts of Iran over five centuries. The most comprehensive catalogue yet of these collections, it comprises more than 400 works, dating from the 15th to the early 20th ..."
"The definitive volumes celebrating the collections of the Hermitage Museum. For nearly 250 years the State Hermitage has been one of Europeâ€TMs most palatial museums. It encompasses more than three million works of art and artifacts displayed within a spectacular architectural ensemble, the heart of which is the famed Winter Palace. The two volumes of The Hermitage Collections capture the masterpieces and discuss the history that make ..."
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"Among the many treasures of The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is its remarkable collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Flemish paintings--more than five hundred in all--including key works by Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Snyders, and Teniers. Forming the core of the Hermitage's Flemish collection, these works were acquired from all over Europe by the Empress Catherine II, and the collection has continued to develop. ..."
""Art Nouveau during the Reign of the Last Tsars" accompanies the Hermitage Museum's eighth exhibition in Amsterdam of the vast collection of Art Nouveau objects bestowed on the Russian court as diplomatic gifts. France was particularly generous as part of its strategy to enlist the support of Russia in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. Galle, the Daum brothers, Carl Faberge and Rene Lalique are just a few of the artists acquired by the t ..."
"Peter the Great called his city 'the window on Europe'. In the course of the eighteenth century, many prestigious St Petersburg palaces were filled with extensive collections of Western European art. Private collectors proudly showed off their paintings: students from the Academy of Fine Arts came to copy Old Masters, and other collectors came to admire their rivals' collections. Until the 1917 Revolution, St Petersburg was one of the m ..."
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Painters and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Paris, ... des editeurs d'estampes
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"Filigree is a remarkable method in jewellery-making in which very pure precious metal is drawn into extremely fine threads. These threads are then ingeniously inter-woven to produce almost transparent objects. This book presents for the first time the highlights from the magnificent and unique filigree collection in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. The principal centres of filigree were to be found in China, and Chinese filigr ..."
"The State Hermitage in St Petersburg is one of the world's major museums of art and cultural history. Founded in the eighteenth century on the basis of the personal collection of Empress Catherine II, its huge collection, displayed in more than 300 rooms, reflect the development of the world art and culture from pre-historic times to the present day. This, the next in Scala's superb masterpieces series, showcases the most stunning exhib ..."
"The Pursuit of Pleasure is the fifth exhibition presented in Las Vegas at the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum. It explores images of leisure in Western art from the 16th century to the early 20th century. Pleasure depicted in artworks in a variety of forms, from joy to delight, indulgence to amusement. Organized under 4 topics - "Music & Dance", "Celebration & Cafe Society", "Gaming & Sport", "Flirtation & Romance" - as represented by artis ..."
"Physical description; 128 p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 28 cm. Notes; Produced to accompany the exhibition: The genius of Caspar David Friedrich: German romantic art for Russian imperial palaces, held in the Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House, London, 20 April to 18 August 2002. On t.p.: State Hermitage Museum, Hermitage Development Trust. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia (1796-1855) - Art patr ..."