My Hermitage: How the Hermitage Survived Tsars, Wars, and Revolutions to Become the Greatest Museum in the World

Piotrovsky, Dr. Mikhail Borisovich

ISBN 10: 0847843785 / ISBN 13: 9780847843787

Edité par Skira Rizzoli, New York, 2015

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Octavo, 384 pages, colour illustrated. Signed and dated by the author. A Fine copy in dust jacket.

N° de réf. du vendeur 099629

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• Titre: My Hermitage: How the Hermitage Survived Tsars, Wars, and Revolutions to Become the Greatest Museum in the World
• Éditeur: Skira Rizzoli, New York
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0847843785
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780847843787
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In a memoir, the museum’s longtime director takes the reader on a private tour of this global treasure. Holding one of the largest collections of Western art in the world, the Hermitage is also a product of Russia and its dramatic history. Founded by Empress Catherine the Great in 1764, the stunning Winter Palace was built to house her growing collection of Old Masters and to serve as a home for the imperial family. Tsars came and went over the years, artworks were acquired and sold, buildings were burned down in terrible fires, and still the collections grew. After the violent upheavals of the Russian Revolution in 1917, the palaces and collections were opened to the public.

Now, in an unprecedented collection of illuminating essays, Piotrovsky explores the cultural history of a collection as rich in adventure as art. From fascinating intrigues to revelatory scholarship on the collection’s incredible art and artifacts, My Hermitage is a profound and captivating story of art’s timelessness and how it brings people together.

À propos de l?auteur

Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky has been the director of the State Hermitage Museum since 1992 and has dedicated his career to making the treasures of the museum accessible to individuals and institutions around the world.