Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art: Art of Islam

This volume presents a fine range of Islamic art drawn from collections around the world, including calligraphy, glasswork, fabrics, religious and secular artifacts.

Arts & Photography

Piotrovsky, Mikhail

History & Criticism

Lund Humphries Pub Ltd

It was the last Shah of Persia who in 1935 requested the international community to henceforth call his country by its own name, Iran, 'Land of the Aryans'. The history of this country is a long and rich one.The Iranian culture is individual and unique. Its characteristic designs and iconography have survived down the centuries despite the many political and religious changes and developments to affect the country.From ancient times until the nineteenth century Persian artists depicted the world around them in reliefs and ceramics, on paper, parchment and canvas. The figurative element was never banished from Persian art, although the Koran discouraged bringing man and beast to life in artistic representations. Yet artists aspired to heavenly perfection in their art as a way of honouring Allah and working in His spirit.This book presents the splendid collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The collection includes many interesting pieces covering the whole history of Iran from antiquity to the end of the Qajar dynasty (1785-1925).

Persia: Thirty Centuries of Art & Culture

Nikitin, Alexander

Boele, Vincent

Veen, Ernst W.

Korokolva, Elena

Louise Bourgeois first travelled to Russia in 1932, at the age of 21, having just received her Baccalaureate in philosophy from the University of Paris. Her second journey occured in the spring of 1934, and included a visit to the Moscow Theater Festival, to see the work of the Russian Constructivists, and to observe May Day celebrations in Red Square. Nearly 70 years later, Bourgeois returned to Russia on the occasion of her retrospective at the State Hermitage Museum, the first major exhibition of a living American artist to be held at that institution. From the teetering personages of the late 1940s, which represent the members of the family she left behind in France, to the great steel protectress Maman, created in 2001 especially for the Hermitage courtyard, Bourgeois' indomitable will, psychological complexity, and brash, bold personality show through in the sculptures and drawings illustrated here.

Louise Bourgeois At The Hermitage

Kudriatseva, Sofia

BOURGEOIS, Louise

Individual Artists

Hermitage Projects

Formerly 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 artefacts 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: Dr. Mikhail Piotrovsky succeeded his father as Director of the State Hermitage Museum in 1992. He has taken part in archaeological excavations in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Yemen and has contributed to over 250 publications, including catalogues of Arabic manuscripts, works on Islamic political history and Arabic culture, and publications of Medieval monuments and ancient inscriptions. SELLING POINTS: * 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 Renoir * Works skillfully chosen and lucidly explained by Director Mikhail Piotrovsky * Richly illustrated in full colour throughout 40 colour images

The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg: Director's Choice

Scala

Henry Moore's evocative drawings from the so-called 'Shelter' series - sketches made in London's underground when it was used as a bomb shelter during the London Blitz of 1940-41 - provide the heart of this book, with over 70 drawings and 9 sculptures included. However, based on a first-ever collaboration between the Henry Moore Foundation and the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, the book also reveals some remarkable parallels with Russia's wartime experience by including drawings sketched in the basements of the Hermitage during the Siege of Leningrad - which started in September 1941 and lasted for 900 days, during which time almost a third of the population died from starvation. Timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Siege in 2011, the book also includes documentary photographs of both the Blitz and the Siege of Leningrad.

Blitz and Blockade: Henry Moore at the Hermitage

Calvocoressi, Richard

Feldman, Anita

Androsov, Sergei

Reference

Fontanka Publishers

Culture as Scandal: The Hermitage Story

Norman, Geraldine

Book Publishing Pros

An easy to read introduction to The Hermitage with just enough history to put it in perspective. Color photos are well done and show the reader enough detail to want to go and see it for real. Recommended reading PRIOR to going to Russia.

The Hermitage: A Stroll Around the Halls and Galleries

Ivan Fiodorov Art Publishers

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Lost Empire of the Silk Road, Buddhist Art from Khara Khoto Xxiiith Century

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