The Hermitage Collections: Volume I: Treasures of World Art; Volume II: From the Age of Enlightenment to the Present Day
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (985 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847835030 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 656 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Whether you've been or never been, this collection is a must have. Two voluptuous volumes cover 250 years of the history and treasures found in one of the world's most beautiful buildings." Post-Gazette . "The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, which began as Catherine II's imperial collection in the Winter Palace, is on the bucket list of most art lovers
Dmitry Pavlovich Alexinsky, a junior researcher at the State Hermitage, is an antiquity specialist. . Oleg Yakovlevich Neverov is a chief researcher and curator at the State Hermitage, specializing in ancient glyptics. Dr. Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky has been the director of the State Hermitage Museum since 1991
Sebastian. For nearly 250 years the State Hermitage has been one of Europe’s most palatial museums. Today, the Hermitage collections constitute one of the great art museums of the world.. Many of its rarely reproduced works are included in these two volumes, such as The Raphael Loggias (as copied from the Vatican), Michelangelo’s Crouching Boy, The Gonzaga Cameo, Leonardo da Vinci’s Madonna with a Flower (The Benois Madonna), and Titian’s St. The two volumes of The Hermitage Collections capture the masterpieces and discuss the history that make this world-famous institution a cultural des
Beautiful and Comprehensive This is a beautiful boxed set of two large volumes with wonderful photos and text. We purchased it as a keepsake after our trip to the Hermitage this past summer. We enjoyed looking through the books and rediscovering the masterpieces we saw in person. The box has a slight gold sheen to it that makes it look very luxurious and expensive. We've displayed it prominently in our living room. I would recommend it as a pre-trip purchase to help you decide what galleries you want to focus on during your visit to the Hermitage since it is a massive museum. It would be easy to m. "Beautiful" according to D. Chandler. I visited the Hermitage in September 2011 and was in awe of the splendor and beauty of this spectacular once palace. I wanted a book that would do justice to the beauty I experienced in walking through this museum, I wanted to share with my family not just the grandeur of this wonderful museum but I wanted them to see the exhibits as well. The books in the museum were beautiful but I just didn't have the extra weight allowed in my luggage (always a problem when I travel). I arrived back in the states and immediately went to Amazon.com to do some research.this book is ev. music fan said The Hermitage Collections Volumes I & II. Excellent reference books on the Hermitage collections. Because of crowds, limited time, and equipment, these books fill a niche that you will never achieve with your own photographs.