Title: The empress of art
Description: Traces the remarkable history of Catherine the Great's influential art collection and creation of the Hermitage, discussing how her cultural goals were part of a long-term plan to modernize and westernize Russia.
Subjects: Art, Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia), Empresses, History, Biography, Art patronage, Catherine ii, empress of russia, 1729-1796, Russia (federation), biography, Russia (federation), history, Art, russian, Gosudarstvennyi ermitazh (russia), Kings and rulers
Places: Russia (Federation), Russia, Saint Petersburg
People: Catherine II Empress of Russia (1729-1796)
Time periods: Catherine II, 1762-1796