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Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The unique collections held in the Hermitage will take you on an absorbing journey in time and space. The introduction to the Winter Palace skillfully weaves in the history of the museum collection that now dates back more than three centuries. Music performed by the State Hermitage Orchestra, the Millennium Chamber Choir, and the St Petersburg Neva-Klassika string quartet will enhance your enjoyment.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
After a brief history of the founding of St. Petersburg and a biographical sketch of Peter the Great, the viewer is taken on a tour of the galleries of the Hermitage Museum housing masterpieces from ancient China, Egypt, Greece, and Rome through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the 20th Century.
Author
Publisher
SlingShot Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen half-hour tours of the Hermitage Museum collections, highlighting works from ancient China and Egypt and European art from Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the 20th century. Some material on St. Petersburg, Peter the Great, and the architecture of the museum building. Each tour is devoted to a place or period and examines two or three dozen works, with commentary. Guide includes index by artist. Still-frame viewing...
5) My Hermitage
Author
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
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,...
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