Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Chock full of history, beautifully descriptive and always engaging, this work will introduce art loves (and art lovers to be) to many undiscovered riches.Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse.
Susan Jaques has produced an informative, accessible guide to the fascinating mosaic of America's art musems. Lovers of opulence will drool over Catherine's lifestyle. Readers of biography, art history and collecting, Russian history, and 18th-century world history will enjoy this book. What a wonderful book this is for art lovers of every stripe.-Annalyn Swan, Pulitzer prize-winning co-author of DE KOONING: An American Master The author provides a unique perspective on the woman who "transformed Russia from a northern backwater to global superpower." An intriguing biography of a ruler whose ruthlessness encompassed art. The Hermitage marked its 250th anniversary in 2014, and as Jaques shows, it stands as a fitting testimonial to its visionary founder.Ī well-researched biography. The ambitious, German-born empress remains a rich source of material. Petersburg, as a shrewd investor in this considerate biography of the art-obsessed monarch. Jaques portrays Catherine II of Russia, founder of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the magnificent architectural wonder the city became is largely her doing. Catherine also spearheaded the further expansion of St. She was a self-proclaimed glutton for art and she would be responsible for the creation of the Hermitage, one of the largest museums in the world, second only to the Louvre. She felt that the best way to do this was through a ravenous acquisition of art, which Catherine often used as a form of diplomacy with other powers throughout Europe. Intelligent and determined, Catherine modeled herself off of her grandfather in-law, Peter the Great, and sought to further modernize and westernize Russia.
She then staged a coup that ended with him being strangled with his own scarf in the halls of the palace, and she being crowned the Empress of Russia.
A German princess who married a decadent and lazy Russian prince, she mobilized support amongst the nobles, playing off of her husband's increasing corruption and abuse of power. This is an art-oriented biograph of the mighty Catherine the Great, who rose from seemingly innocuous beginnings.
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