Zal Van Deika (The Van Dyck Hall)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2002. Saddle-stitched. The New Hermitage conceived as an extension to the Winter Palace and the capital's first public museum. This concise survey covers the New Hermitage's enterance hall, an interior designed and decorated to indicate its purpose — reliefs portray artists, in particular, Russian painters, sculptors, and architects. Originally planned to house paintings on the key events of Russian history, the hall now serves as a gallery for the Hermitage's collection of paintings by Van Dyck. The author traces the convoluted and frequently revised process of designing and redesigning the interior. 27 p., 21 cm, approx. 10 color illus., Rus. Series: Arkhitekturnye obrazy Novogo Ermitazha (Architectural Images of the New Hermitage). Item #2282
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