<p>The Hermitage The Biography of a Great Museum</p>

The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum

Arts & Photography

Norman, Geraldine

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Jonathan Cape Ltd.

Nineteenth-century painters and painting: A dictionary

Reference

Thames and Hudson

Norman, Geraldine, Biedermeier Painting 1815-1848

BIEDERMEIER PAINT.

Thames&Hudson

Univ of California Press, 1977. Hard cover, 240 pp. No other printings listed. With 432 illustrations, 32 in color. [From front jacket flap] Many people would probably consider the important and representative painters of the nineteenth century to be French, and would be most likely to name Gericault, Delacroix, Goya, Degas, Cezanne and the Impressionists. Because of their great relevance to and influence ontwentieth-century art, these artists have received disproportionate attention, yet in their own lifetimes they represented the avant-garde of the nineteenth century, totally untypical of the mainstream of artistic activity, many almost entirely unknown. The main painting activity during this period was of a very different kind which, very rich and diverse as it was, has generally been branded with condescension, if not contempt, as academic. Academies sometimes were dismissed by the pioneers of new approaches to art, although they still had prestige among the general public and the established critics.Moreover, although it is usually associated withFrance, nineteenth-century painting was uniquely international: an enormous amount of cross - painterly influences produced an art of great diversity and importance in Russia, other east European countries, Italy, Germany, northern Europe and America. Although Paris was the focus of this activity, national schools emerged throughout the western world. And if there was one unifying feature between them, this was a preoccupation with subject matter, the realistic rendering of scenes from history and daily life, the interest in still life, landscape, the human face and form. It is this aspect of nineteenth-century art-the main artistic activity of the period - which is treated in this dictionary, without excluding the avant-garde, antiacademic, pioneering artists, thus redressing the balance. Over 700 entries on schools, techniques and artists provide the widest and most international coverage to date...

Nineteenth-Century Painters and Painting: A Dictionary

Univ. Of California Pr.

<p>Profiles the history of the Heritage Museum in St. Petersburg--the showcase of the art treasures of the Tsars, and home to Russian nobilities' confiscated art collections, as well as noted collections of works by Gaugin and Matisse</p>

History & Criticism

Fromm Intl

This two-volume edition - designed by Pentagram - shows works from all the collections of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. With text by the museum curators, and newly-commissioned photographs, it provides an overview of the Hermitage - its buildings and its artistic heritage.

The State Hermitage: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection

Piotrovsky, Mikhail B.

Booth-Clibborn

The Hermitage, one of the world-renowned Russian State Museums in St. Petersburg, was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has ever since been a symbol of Russian culture, wealth, and achievement. In the past half century, it has only become more popular, serving as both a connection to Russia’s illustrious past and a reminder of its firm place at the heart of contemporary artistic culture. This book celebrates the Hermitage through the stories of its two most recent, and most important, directors: the father-and-son team of Boris Borisovich Piotrovsky and Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky. Boris, who served as director from 1964 until his death in 1990, was instrumental in maintaining the museum’s position and strength through the Cold War and into the waning years of communist rule. Since Mikhail took over, in 1992, his stewardship has proven to be similarly effective, and he was recently awarded a contract extension that means he’ll be the director through 2020. A tribute to two men and a unique institution, Dynastic Rule is a stunningly illustrated account of a true international treasure.  

Dynastic Rule: Mikhail Piotrovsky and the Hermitage

Unicorn Publishing Group

The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is perhaps the greatest museum in the world. It began as a showcase for the art treasures of the Tsars, and thus reflects their legendary extravagance—to say nothing of the romances, marriages, and murders that played a part in the creation and development of the collection in its early years. After it was nationalized by the Bolsheviks in 1917, the museum expanded to fill what had been the Winter Palace of the imperial family, and vast collections—confiscated from the nobility by revolutionary forces—became part of its holdings. The resulting collection is unparalleled in its scale and quality.             This book is the first full history of the Hermitage in any language. It tells the story of the museum’s inception and development, as well as of its unlikely survival through war, Communism, and economic strife. Packed with images from a staggering range of periods, artists, and styles, it will be the definitive statement on the Hermitage for decades to come.

The Hermitage

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The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum

Nineteenth-century painters and painting: A dictionary

BIEDERMEIER PAINT.

Nineteenth-Century Painters and Painting: A Dictionary

The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum

The State Hermitage: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection

Dynastic Rule: Mikhail Piotrovsky and the Hermitage

The Hermitage