Tsarskoe Selo: dostoianie natsii: 300 let. Katalog iubileinoi vystavki (Tsarskoe Selo: Heritage of the Nation: Catalogue of the 300th Anniversary Exhibition)
St. Petersburg: Tsarskoe selo, 2010. Sewn cl. The first chapter chronicles the palace as a residence of Russian emperors and empresses. The next four chapters deal with specific facets of the palace-ensemble: the design of the two main buildings of Tsarskoe Selo and their landscape architecture: the Catherine Palace dating to the early eighteenth century, rebuilt by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli in the 1750s, and the neoclassical Alexander Palace designed by Giacomo Quarenghi in the 1790s, and their parks and gardens. Subsequent chapters study the fine and decorative arts at Tsarskoe Selo, cataloguing principal works and tracing how the collections were built; finally ,the authors explain how an imperial residence was turned into a museum after the 1917 revolution and recount the achievements of the artists, craftsmen, and curators who restored and rebuilt the palaces and its interiors that were severely damaged during World War II. 351 pp., 9 1/2 x 12 ins., sewn cl. Rus. Item #1661
ISBN: 9785730009028
The illustrations make up a rich array of visual documentation from archival and new photographs to architects' designs and drawings, paintings of nineteenth-century artists.
Price: $88.00