Frantsuzy v Peterburge (The French in St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg: Rus muz, 2003. sewn cl. The Russians’ ability to find and borrow what is best in the culture of their European neighbors is the theme of this exhibition catalogue. Tsar Peter borrowed scholars for his new institution of learning, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and opened a tapestry factory in St. Petersburg recruiting French master weavers after seeing their work of the Gobelins Manufactory. Empress Elizabeth was taken with French couture. Catherine the Great borrowed the ideas of the Enlightenment, even inviting to her capital for consultation one of its proponents Denis Diderot. The curators of the exhibition on which this catalogue is based have drawn on St. Petersburg’s museums, libraries, and archives to demonstrate the various ways in which France and the French left a mark on the imperial capita. Published in this catalogue are over 500 prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, works of furniture, costume, and books 280 pp., 10 x 13 ins., 11 b-&-w illus., 149 color, Rus. Item #510
ISBN: 5933321249
SECOND ISBN: 3935298722.
Price: $81.00