Art Nouveau During The Reign Of The Last Tsars
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Art Nouveau During The Reign Of The Last Tsars
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Author : Tamara Rappé
language : en
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Art Nouveau During The Reign Of The Last Tsars written by Tamara Rappé and has been published by Lund Humphries Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
Catalog of an exhibition organized by the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Hermitage Amsterdam which was held October 13, 2007-May 5, 2008.
Art Nouveau During The Reign Of The Last Tsars
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Author : Sankt-Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Art Nouveau During The Reign Of The Last Tsars written by Sankt-Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Art Nouveau Under The Last Tsars
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Author : Hermitage Amsterdam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Art Nouveau Under The Last Tsars written by Hermitage Amsterdam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art and state categories.
St Petersburg
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Author : Dmitriĭ Olegovich Shvidkovskiĭ
language : en
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Release Date : 1996
St Petersburg written by Dmitriĭ Olegovich Shvidkovskiĭ and has been published by Abbeville Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Architecture categories.
Before becoming a city, St. Petersburg was a utopian vision in the mind of its founder, Peter the Great. Conceived by him as Russia's "window to the West," it evolved into a remarkably harmonious assemblage of baroque, rococo, neoclassical, and art nouveau buildings that reflect his taste and that of his successors, including Anna I, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, and Paul I. Crisscrossed by rivers and canals, this "Venice of the North," as Goethe dubbed it, is of unique beauty. Never before has that beauty been captured as eloquently as on the pages of this sumptuous volume. From the stately mansions lining the fabled Nevsky Prospekt to the magnificent palaces of the tsars on the outskirts of the city, including Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo, Oranienbaum, Gatchina, and Pavlovsk, photographer Alexander Orloff's portrait of St. Petersburg does full justice to the vision of its founder and namesake. The text, by art historian Dmitri Shvidkovsky, chronicles the history of the city's planning and construction from Peter the Great's time to the reign of the last tsar, Nicholas II. Anyone who has ever visited--or dreamed of visiting--the city of "white nights" will find St. Petersburg irresistible.
The Court Of The Last Tsar
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Author : Greg King
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2008-04-21
The Court Of The Last Tsar written by Greg King and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-21 with History categories.
It was the most magnificent court in Europe—a world of fairy-tale opulence, ornate architecture, sophisticated fashion, extravagant luxury, and immense power. In the last Russian imperial court, a potent underlying mythology drove its participants to enact the pageantry of medieval, Orthodox Russia—infused with the sensibilities of Versailles—against a backdrop of fading Edwardian splendor, providing a spectacle of archaic ceremonies carefully orchestrated as a lavish stage upon which Nicholas II played out his tumultuous reign. While a massive body of literature has been devoted to the last of the Romanovs, The Court of the Last Tsar is the first book to examine the people, mysteries, traditions, scandals, rivalries, rituals, and riches that were part of everyday life in the last two decades of the Romanov dynasty. It is as difficult for the twenty-first-century mind to imagine the pomp and splendor that accompanied the tsar and his family everywhere they went as it was for the simple Russian peasant toiling a thousand miles from St. Petersburg. This stunningly illustrated volume removes the mystery with more than a hundred black-and-white photos; floor plans of the tsar’s Winter Palace, the Alexander Palace, and the Grand Kremlin Palace; a map of St. Petersburg; and plans of the imperial parks at Tsarskoye Selo and Peterhof. This eye-popping tour of hedonistic imperial Russia on the edge of oblivion draws on hundreds of previously unpublished primary sources, including memoirs, personal letters, diary entries, and official documents collected during author Greg King’s fifteen years of research in Russia and elsewhere in Europe. It invites you to experience dozens of extravagant ceremonies and entertainments attended only by members of the court; exposes the numerous sexual intrigues of the imperial family, including rape, incest, and brazen affairs; and introduces many of the more than fifteen thousand individuals who made the imperial court a society unto itself. Chief among these, of course, was Tsar Nicholas II. He ruled an empire that stretched over one-sixth of the earth’s land surface but lacked, according to one courtier, both his father’s inspiring presence and his mother’s vibrant charm. His wife, Alexandra, was a strong and passionate woman who “never developed the social skills necessary to her rank.” Their wedding and the tsar’s coronation are two of the most spectacular ceremonies described in this lavish volume. Vetted with care by the last remaining members of the Russian imperial court, The Court of the Last Tsar brings the people, places, and events of this doomed but unforgettable wonderland to vivid and sparkling life.
St Petersburg
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Author : Jonathan Miles
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-06-29
St Petersburg written by Jonathan Miles and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-29 with Social Science categories.
'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times - BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the Great to Putin, this is the unforgettable story of St Petersburg – one of the most magical, menacing and influential cities in the world. St Petersburg has always felt like an impossible metropolis, risen from the freezing mists and flooded marshland of the River Neva on the western edge of Russia. It was a new capital in an old country. Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter-the-Great, its dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly fashioned by the sadistic dominion of its early rulers. This city, in its successive incarnations – St Petersburg; Petrograd; Leningrad and, once again, St Petersburg – has always been a place of perpetual contradiction. It was a window on to Europe and the Enlightenment, but so much of the glory of Russia was created here: its literature, music, dance and, for a time, its political vision. It gave birth to the artistic genius of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, Pavlova and Nureyev. Yet, for all its glittering palaces, fairytale balls and enchanting gardens, the blood of thousands has been spilt on its snow-filled streets. It has been a hotbed of war and revolution, a place of siege and starvation, and the crucible for Lenin and Stalin’s power-hungry brutality. In St Petersburg, Jonathan Miles recreates the drama of three hundred years in this absurd and brilliant city, bringing us up to the present day, when – once more – its fate hangs in the balance. This is an epic tale of murder, massacre and madness played out against squalor and splendour. It is an unforgettable portrait of a city and its people.
Late Tsarist Russia 1881 1913
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Author : Beryl Williams
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-17
Late Tsarist Russia 1881 1913 written by Beryl Williams and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-17 with History categories.
This book brings together the large volume of work on late Tsarist Russia published over the last 30 years, to show an overall picture of Russia under the last two tsars - before the war brought down not only the Russian empire but also those of Germany, Austria–Hungary and Turkey. It turns the attention from the old emphases on workers, revolutionaries, and a reactionary government, to a more diverse and nuanced picture of a country which was both a major European great power, facing the challenges of modernization and industrialization, and also a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional empire stretching across both Europe and Asia.
The Art Quarterly Of The National Art Collections Fund
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Art Quarterly Of The National Art Collections Fund written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
Art Nouveau
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Author : Jeremy Howard
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1996
Art Nouveau written by Jeremy Howard and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art categories.
This critical survey of the Art Nouveau movement reveals the diversity of this style across the breadth of the European continent. With the inclusion of Eastern Europe and the full range of artistic media, the book shows how this movement changed the face of European art and design from Paris to Prague. Clearly structured by country, it traces the emergence of Art Nouveau, highlighting the particular interpretations of the style in each country. Countries covered include: Belgium; Spain; Britain; Austria; Hungary; and Russia. Each chapter contains sections on political and cultural contexts, specific visual characteristics and key artists and designers. It analyzes the contribution of both well-known artists and designers such as Gaudi; Van de Velde; Mackintosh; and Mucha, and brings to light many others whose contributions have been largely inaccessible. With a bibliography and glossary, this text should provide a useful introduction to this subject.
The Flowering Of Art Nouveau Graphics
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Author : Julia King
language : en
Publisher: Nicholson
Release Date : 1990
The Flowering Of Art Nouveau Graphics written by Julia King and has been published by Nicholson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.