Imperial Saint Petersburg
Subtitle: from Peter the Great to Catherine II
By: [curator, Brigitte de Montclos ; authors, B. de Montclos ... [et al.]].
Contributors: Montclos, Brigitte de.; Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia); St. Petersburg Fine Arts Academy.; Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)
Publisher: Skira; Grimaldi Forum; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Milan; Monaco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Art, Russian -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.; Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- In art -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.; In art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-317).
"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].
Table of contents: title: From the ancient Moscovy to the New Russia -- B. de Montclos; title: A city to be built, a society to emerge -- B. de Montclos; title: St. Petersburg seen through engravings -- D.V. Lioubin; title: Peter the Great -- V.A. Fedorov; title: St. Petersburg, imperial city -- D.V. Lioubin; title: Catherine II, the "Sémiramis du Nord" -- A. Soloviev; title: The architectural models from the Russian Fine Arts Academy -- V.I. Bogdan ... [et al.]; title: Russian gold- and silver-work in the 18th century -- L. Zavadskaïa; title: Catherine II and the European decorative arts -- T.V. Rappe; title: Tula, the city of master craftsmen -- M.N. Kosareva; title: Decorative arts during the era of Catherine II -- T.V. Koudriavtseva; title: Catherine II, the collector -- N. Serebriannaïa.