Aleksandr III: Sem'ia. Koronatsiia. Puteshestviia. Massandra (Alexander III: Family, coronation, travels, Massandra); III : , , ,
St. Petersburg: Tsarskoe Selo, 2019. Pb. This catalogue of an exhibition at Alupkinskii Palace and Park Ensemble in the Crimea publishes works of art and artifacts from the Tsarskoe Selo collections which relate to public and private facets of Alexander III's life and career. Photographs of interiors at Tsarskoe Selo taken around Alexander III's time and artifacts of the imperial family's everyday life make up chapter 1. The second section publishes paintings, drawings and prints by such artists as N. A. Bogdanov, N. E. Makovskii, K. E. Makovskii, V. P. Vereshchagin, and I. N. Kramskoi which show the coronation from many points of view. The catalogue publishes for the first time all 12 sheets of watercolors constituting M. A. Zichi's series on Alexander III's travels. Drawings, plans, and photos give a sense of the beauty of the Crimean residence Massandra that the architect Mesmakher designed for Alexander in historicist style. 77 p., 21 x 21 cm, approx. 50 color and b/w illus., Rus. Item #4046
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