Descript |
317 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. |
Note |
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 17 July-12 September 2004. |
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"With some six hundred exceptional loans from the Hermitage Museum and the St. Petersburg Fine Arts Academy, the exhibition put on by the Monaco Grimaldi Forum is a forceful illustration of the brilliance of this legendary city ..."--P. [9]. |
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"Curator: Brigitte de Montclos ... Authors: B. de Montclos ... [et al.]"--P. 5. |
Contents |
From the ancient Moscovy to the New Russia / B. de Montclos -- A city to be built, a society to emerge / B. de Montclos -- St. Petersburg seen through engravings / D.V. Lioubin -- Peter the Great / V.A. Fedorov -- St. Petersburg, imperial city / D.V. Lioubin -- Catherine II, the "Sémiramis du Nord" / A. Soloviev -- The architectural models from the Russian Fine Arts Academy / V.I. Bogdan ... [et al.] -- Russian gold- and silver-work in the 18th century / L. Zavadskaïa -- Catherine II and the European decorative arts / T.V. Rappe -- Tula, the city of master craftsmen / M.N. Kosareva -- Decorative arts during the era of Catherine II / T.V. Koudriavtseva -- Catherine II, the collector / N. Serebriannaïa. |
ISBN |
8876240160 (hbk.) |
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