State Hermitage Museum Catalogue

Author : Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia),Marina Nikolaevna Lopato
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0300213204

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British Silver by Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia),Marina Nikolaevna Lopato Pdf

Despite its comparatively small size--just over 370 items, dating mainly from the 18th century--the collection of British silver in the Hermitage is renowned for its variety and quality. Over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, the introduction of European dining habits and Russian Anglophilia contributed to the acquisition of large quantities of British silver. Most of the pieces were functional rather than decorative, such as dinner or toilet services specially commissioned by members of the imperial family and the aristocracy. Marking the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage Museum, this catalogue offers a grand presentation of these glorious silver items, supported by new research and documents. In her introduction, Marina Lopato details the complexities of Russian and Hermitage history to set the scene for the objects. Sumptuous illustrations showcase the exceptional nature of the Hermitage's British silver, most evident in four monumental wine coolers that are among the best known pieces of British silver anywhere in the world. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Author : Natalʹi︠a︡ Ivanovna Grit︠s︡aĭ,Natalia Babina,Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39076002833882

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State Hermitage Museum Catalogue by Natalʹi︠a︡ Ivanovna Grit︠s︡aĭ,Natalia Babina,Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh Pdf

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. This magnificent volume is the first to provide detailed information in English with illustrations for every work. More than 140 artists are represented in the collection and in this complete catalogue, which provides a comprehensive picture of the golden age of Flemish painting. Individual illustrated entries for every work are accompanied by detailed indexes and provenance information that provides a unique view of the history of collecting in Russia. Bard Graduate Center

Author : Gosudarstvennyj Ėrmitaž (Sankt Petersburg),Elizaveta Pavlovna Renne
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300170467

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Sixteenth- to Nineteenth-century British Painting by Gosudarstvennyj Ėrmitaž (Sankt Petersburg),Elizaveta Pavlovna Renne Pdf

The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg houses a relatively small but choice collection of 16th- to 19th-century British paintings, among them Thomas Gainsborough's vibrant Portrait of a Lady in Blue (c. 1770) and his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds' vast Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents (c. 1786), commissioned by the Russian Empress Catherine II and symbolizing a young Russia's growing strength. 135 paintings--works by artists from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales--are presented in this comprehensive catalogue. Also included are portraits from the famed War Gallery created by English painter George Dawe, who was awarded a prestigious commission to produce more than 300 images of Russian generals for the Gallery of 1812 in the historic Winter Palace, now part of the museum complex.

Author : Jennifer Howse
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781489632470

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The State Hermitage Museum by Jennifer Howse Pdf

The J. Paul Getty Museum is known as one of the most informative art museums in the world. Ever since its opening, the museum has inspired curiosity, enjoyment, and understanding of the visual arts. People from all over the world visit this museum to see paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Discover more about this incredible museum and its collections in The J. Paul Getty Museum, a Museums of the World book.

Author : The Hermitage Museum
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780847842094

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The Hermitage by The Hermitage Museum Pdf

Highlights from the palatial Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, are beautifully reproduced in an accessible volume celebrating the museum's 250th anniversary. For 250 years, the State Hermitage Museum has been one of the world's most palatial and significant museums. The Hermitage collections were developed beginning in 1764 by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, and now encompass more than 3 million works of art and artifacts displayed within a spectacular architectural ensemble, the heart of which is the famed Winter Palace. Now, on this important anniversary, this stunning volume captures the masterpieces that make this world-famous institution a cultural destination and a global treasure. The Hermitage: 250 Masterworks explores this sumptuous collection in the manner of a private tour, showcasing the museum's extraordinary and uniquely underpublished treasures: no other institution has thirty-six Rembrandts; works by Italian Renaissance artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Titian; Spanish artists such as Vel‡zquez, Ribera, and Murillo; Flemish baroque artists such as van Dyck, Rubens, and Jan Brueghel the Elder; impressionist and post-impressionist works by Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Degas; and modern paintings by Matisse, Picasso, Malevich, and Kandinsky. Priceless antiquities, feats of mechanical engineering such as the famous Peacock Clock, and works of sculpture and decorative arts will also be shown. With lavish reproductions accompanied by texts by the museum's leading curators, this volume is sure be cherished by art lovers around the world.

Author : Natalia Serebriannaia
Publisher : State Hermitage Museum Catalogue
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913645258

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State Hermitage Museum Catalogue by Natalia Serebriannaia Pdf

Author : Hajo Düchting
Publisher : Koenemann
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 3741924172

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Eremitage by Hajo Düchting Pdf

The precious collection of paintings has established the Hermitage's reputation as one of the most important museums in the world, but the architectural ensemble on the banks of the Neva is also a masterpiece of world architecture. This magical triad of important paintings, treasures from around the world, and architecture attracts an ever-growing stream of visitors each year to St. Petersburg, a city full of wonders shaped by its rich history.

Author : James Christen Steward,Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015059179716

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The Collections of the Romanovs by James Christen Steward,Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia) Pdf

"The Collections of the Romanovs celebrates the 300th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg by exploring the role of the Romanov dynasty as collectors of fine and decorative arts. The book investigates in particular the historic role of St. Petersburg as Russia's window to the West, and features the great masterworks of Western European art collected and prized by Romanov tsars, from Peter the Great (who ruled from 1721-25) to the last of the dynasty, Nicholas II (who ruled from 1874-1918). Included are masterpieces of painting, drawing, printmaking, porcelain, silver, and tapestry over one hundred works in all, drawn exclusively from the extraordinary collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Dr. Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780847843787

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My Hermitage by Dr. Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky Pdf

In a memoir, the museum’s longtime director takes the reader on a private tour of this global treasure. Holding one of the largest collections of Western art in the world, the Hermitage is also a product of Russia and its dramatic history. Founded by Empress Catherine the Great in 1764, the stunning Winter Palace was built to house her growing collection of Old Masters and to serve as a home for the imperial family. Tsars came and went over the years, artworks were acquired and sold, buildings were burned down in terrible fires, and still the collections grew. After the violent upheavals of the Russian Revolution in 1917, the palaces and collections were opened to the public. Now, in an unprecedented collection of illuminating essays, Piotrovsky explores the cultural history of a collection as rich in adventure as art. From fascinating intrigues to revelatory scholarship on the collection’s incredible art and artifacts, My Hermitage is a profound and captivating story of art’s timelessness and how it brings people together.

Author : Five Mile Press Staff
Publisher : Five Mile Press
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1742114067

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Treasures of the Hermitage Museum by Five Mile Press Staff Pdf

Celebrates one of the world's finest art collections, the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia that boasts masterpieces by da Vinci and Monet as well as many uniquely Russian items, such as glorious Faberge pieces. This book features four 96-piece jigsaws.

Author : John Boardman,Sergei Solovyov,G.R. Tsetskhladze
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004494572

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Northern Pontic Antiquities in the State Hermitage Museum by John Boardman,Sergei Solovyov,G.R. Tsetskhladze Pdf

This volume, written by staff of the State Hermitage, one of the world's finest museums, publishes Graeco-Roman antiquities kept there. Much of the material has been unearthed during the museum's field projects in Berezan, Myrmekion and Nymphaeum. Many items are published here for the first time. In addition, there are new studies and reinterpretations of well-known material. The book also contains reviews and notes on new publications on the Black Sea from Eastern and Western Europe and North America. The volume provides a good account of the manifold activities in which the staff of the Department of the History and Culture of the Ancient World, and of the Hermitage in general, are engaged. The book is very richly illustrated, with nearly 150 photographs, line drawings, maps etc.

Author : Vincent Antonin Lépinay
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231549561

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Art of Memories by Vincent Antonin Lépinay Pdf

Once the home of Catherine the Great’s private art collection, Russia’s State Hermitage Museum became the largest museum in the Soviet Union and, since the collapse of the USSR, one of the most active museums in the world. The Hermitage is a global model for the collection and preservation of fine art, deeply shaped by its need to protect itself and its holdings from the world beyond its gates. In Art of Memories, Vincent Antonin Lépinay documents the Hermitage’s curatorial practices in an innovative consideration of the museum as a cultural laboratory. Lépinay analyzes the tensions between the museum as a space of exploration of the collections and as a culture heavily invested in self-protection from the outside world. During a time when traveling abroad was rare, a generation of art historians produced a culture of confined scholarship premised on their proximity to the holdings of a museum enclave. As the Hermitage has become increasingly present on the world museum scene, its culture of secrecy and orality has endured. Lépinay analyzes the ethos of Hermitage curators and scholars over the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet museum cultures, considering the mobility of art, documentation of the collection, and the transformation of expertise. Based on Lépinay’s extraordinary access to the Hermitage and the scholars who work there, Art of Memories opens the door of one of the world’s great museums to reveal how art history is made. It is an essential study for readers interested in the role that outside forces play in culture, organizations, and the production of knowledge.

Author : Yekaterina Gorayeva
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 5912083233

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The Hermitage Day by Day by Yekaterina Gorayeva Pdf

This book includes 366 works of art from the State Hermitage Museum Collection, St Petersburg, Russia. It serves as an album and as a perpetual calendar with plenty of space to record birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates as well as personal notes. This lovely book could be a gift for art lovers and will offer inspiration day by day.

Author : M. Piotrovskt
Publisher : Scala
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 1785511564

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State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg Not Yet Pub No Date by M. Piotrovskt Pdf

Highlights from one of the world's finest art collections, featuring masterpieces from every period from the Italian Renaissance to the 20th century, including works by Michelangelo and Matisse via Velazquez, Van Gogh, Rubens and RenoirWorks skillfully chosen and lucidly explained by Director Mikhail PiotrovskyRichly illustrated in full color throughoutFormerly the official residences of the Tsars, the five buildings that comprise the State Hermitage Museum now house one of the finest art collections in the world. The collection is as vast and rich as its surroundings - ranging from prehistoric artifacts to post-Impressionist masterpieces. Here, renowned Director Mikhail Pietrovsky brings his unique insight and expertise to bear on the collection, presenting us with his highlights from the Museum's extensive holdings. Here you will find masterpieces from the Italian Renaissance, the Dutch Golden Age and the Flemish Baroque, as well as Impressionist, Fauvist and Expressionist collections. The artists on display range from Michelangelo to Matisse via Velazquez, Van Gogh, Rubens and Renoir. Beautifully illustrated, this guide succeeds in condensing the Museum's array of treasures and making them accessible to all.

Author : Colin Brady
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-09
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781439644409

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Hermitage Museum and Gardens by Colin Brady Pdf

In 1907, William and Florence Sloane began construction on a five-room summer cottage on the banks of the Lafayette River in Norfolk. Over the course of 30 years, they would expand their home from its origins as a summer retreat into a 42-room Arts and Crafts mansion nestled on 12 acres of gardens and grounds. As their home grew, so did their desire to bring an arts scene to southeastern Virginia. In 1937, the Sloanes turned their attention to repurposing their home as a museum. By opening the site to the public, the Sloane family created a new space for the arts and education in Norfolk. Today, visitors continue to enjoy their vision through an expansive art collection and acres of gardens and grounds.