Great collections of Imperial Russia NetPrice
Piotrovsky, M.; Neverov, O.
Prior to the Revolution of 1917, Russia had one of the greatest traditions of private art collecting in the world. The first great collections were created by the aristocracy, and then by the newly rich industrialists and businessmen in the 19th century. Finally came the `Merchant Princes`, who were among the first and most important collectors of Impressionist and Modern Art. After 1917, all these collections were confiscated by the State, put into reserves in Moscow and Leningrad, and eventually integrated into the collections of the State Hermitage, the Tretiakov Museum, the Pushkin Museum and other institutions. This beautiful, all-colour book recreates the collections as they were, describes how they were made and by whom, and...
ISBN: 978-0-500-51182-4
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
