Zhemchuzhnoe ozherel'e Sankt-Peterburga: dvortsy, vosstavsie iz pepla (The pearl necklace of St. Petersburg: palaces risen from the ashes)
St. Petersburg: Paritet, 2014. sewn cl. This book is more about the preservation of cultural monuments than about architectural history. The themes running through it are the damage inflicted on the collections and architecture of the palaces outside St. Petersburg by confiscation and sale of works of art by the Bolsheviks and by pillaging and arson by the German occupiers. The author especially notes the role of individual museum workers in saving works and after the disasters in restoring and recreating the palace museums. 430 p., 21 cm., approx. 60 b/w illus., Rus. Item #42
ISBN: 9785934374052
Price: $40.00
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