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Author:

Jaques, Susan, author.

Title:

The empress of art : Catherine the Great and the transformation of Russia / Susan Jaques.

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 466 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), photographs ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796.
Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796--Art patronage.
Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
Empresses--Russia--Biography.
Art--Saint Petersburg.--Saint Petersburg.
Russia--History--Catherine II, 1762-1796.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-447) and index.

Contents:

Part One: Extreme makeover. This heavy thing ; The brightest star of the North ; The ambrosia of Asia ; Collecting debut ; Building frenzy ; My falcon, my golden pheasant -- Part Two: Russia is a European nation. A monument to Peter and to you ; Make peace with your enemy ; My prodigal son ; The Saxon Richelieu ; The earth and sea trembled -- Part Three: War and love. Queen of feasts ; Dressed to "empress" ; Peace offerings ; Crozat the poor ; The coachman of Europe ; Tiger in the forest -- Part Four: Peace and prosperity. Sleepless nights ; Anglomania ; A crowd and not a city ; Breaking the mold ; Brother Gu ; Cateau and the hermit of Ferney -- Part Five: A second Rome. Cat and mouse ; Raphaelism ; Sashenka ; Palladio's shadow ; The Greek project -- Part Six: Empire building. Mother of the Fatherland ; A rose without thorns ; The Master of Neuwied ; An accidental Michelangelo ; Slings and arrows ; Baby Hercules -- Part Seven: War and revolution. Center stage ; Cameo fever ; Russia's paradise ; Betrayals ; French madness ; Curtain call -- Part Eight: Reaction. Tears and despair ; A ticking clock ; Warsaw's ours ; Catherine's library ; Queen of the world ; Joined in death -- Part Nine. Legacy. A son's revenge ; Art-loving grandsons ; The end of the line ; Raiding the Hermitage ; Preservation.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

160598972X
9781605989723

LCCN:

bl2016005229

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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