""Persia: Thirty Centuries of Art and Culture" is a striking survey of 3000 years of Persian art. Officially called Iran from 1935, this country has made a major contribution to the culture of many civilizations. Indigenous, Greek, Arab, Mongolian and Turkish dynasties have ruled Persia over the ages, and this survey of art and objects from the Hermitage Museum reveals the vivid and influential dialogue that craftsmen had with their rule ..."
"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 ..."
"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 ..."
"Venezia! Art of the 18th Century presents the finest works from the magnificent collections of eighteenth-century Venetian art in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Sixty-five paintings, prints and drawings by artists such as Canaletto, Longhi, Guardi and Tiepolo are complemented by superb examples of famous Venetian glass. In the eighteenth century, Venice experienced one last golden age in its already rich cultural history, ..."
"This collection of pieces is both a feast for the eyes and an enthralling quest for the meaning of art at various times and in a wide range of cultures. Masterpieces by Western artists like Velázquez, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Matisse, and Fabre are compared with top works from many different periods, places, and cultures. What, for example, links a sixteenth-century triptych by Maarten van Heemskerck with an image of the Buddha made in tw ..."
"Of all the museums in the world that have a Dutch masters collection, the Hermitage takes the prize. There might be other countries that have more, but outside of the Netherlands there is no other single museum with so many Dutch Masters under one roof. After Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and their heirs bought them direct from the artists and at auction, and these sublime paintings became our best ambassadors. They continue to h ..."
"Classic Beauties allows readers to follow in the footsteps of the Grand Tourists and to trace the life stories of the leading Neoclassical artists. Together with the multitude of illustrations, the texts convey a vivid impression of an extraordinary era."
"For the exhibition "Matisse to Malevich. Pioneers of modern art" from the Hermitage some 75 paintings have been selected from one of the world's finest collections of French painting from the early twentieth century: that of the Hermitage in St Petersburg. Matisse, Picasso and Derain receive special attention, as do Fauvists like Van Dongen and De Vlaminck and their outstanding works in this collection. Its origins go back to the Moscow ..."
Spanish masters from the Hermitage(1st Edition) the world of El Greco, Ribera, Zubarán, Velázquez, Murillo & Goya. Catalogue of the exhibition from 28 November 2015 to 29 May 2016. by HermitageAmsterdam., M.B. Piotrovsky Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2015 by Uitgeverij Wbooks ISBN-13: 978-90-78653-58-5, ISBN: 90-78653-58-2
"Together they tell the story of the rise and glory of Spanish art in the Golden Age, which would continue to influence art into modern times. Exhibition: Hermitage Amsterdam, The Netherlands (28 November 2015 - 29 May 2016)."
"Hidden Afghanistan is a superbly illustrated survey of the history and arts of ancient Afghanistan, as revealed by a series of great archaeological excavations at four specific sites: Tepe Fullol, Ai Khanum, Tillya-tepe and Begram. Each site sheds various light on aspects of life and society in ancient Afghanistan: its role as a trade hub between the great civilizations of the late Bronze Age; the influence of Hellenism from the fourth ..."
Catherine the Greatest(1st Edition) De zelfgeslepen diamant van de Hermitage: self-polished diamond of the Hermitage by Arnoud Bijl, AmsterdamHermitage, Swetlana Datsenko Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2016 by Nieuwe Kerk/HermitageAmsterdam, De ISBN-13: 978-90-78653-61-5, ISBN: 90-78653-61-2
"Masterpieces by pioneers like Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Camille Pissarro will be accompanied by the work of other influential French painters from the second half of the nineteenth century, such as Eugène ..."