Author: Gosudarstvennyj ĖrmitažPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Masterpieces from the Hermitage, Leningrad
Author: Gosudarstvennyj ĖrmitažPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Madonnas of Leningrad
Author: Debra DeanPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061747181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
“An extraordinary debut, a deeply lovely novel that evokes with uncommon deftness the terrible, heartbreaking beauty that is life in wartime. Like the glorious ghosts of the paintings in the Hermitage that lie at the heart of the story, Dean’s exquisite prose shimmers with a haunting glow, illuminating us to the notion that art itself is perhaps our most necessary nourishment. A superbly graceful novel.” — Chang-Rae Lee, New York Times Bestselling author of Aloft and Native Speaker Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. An elderly Russian woman now living in America, she cannot hold on to fresh memories—the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild—yet her distant past is miraculously preserved in her mind's eye. Vivid images of her youth in war-torn Leningrad arise unbidden, carrying her back to the terrible fall of 1941, when she was a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum and the German army's approach signaled the beginning of what would be a long, torturous siege on the city. As the people braved starvation, bitter cold, and a relentless German onslaught, Marina joined other staff members in removing the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, leaving the frames hanging empty on the walls to symbolize the artworks' eventual return. As the Luftwaffe's bombs pounded the proud, stricken city, Marina built a personal Hermitage in her mind—a refuge that would stay buried deep within her, until she needed it once more. . . .
Masterpieces of Painting in the Hermitage Museum
Author: Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh (Leningrad)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Masterpieces from the State Hermitage, Leningrad
Author: Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Masterpieces from the State Hermitage Leningrad
Author: Masterpieces From the Hermitage Leningrad : Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Centur
Author: Masterpieces from the Hermitage, Leningrad
Author: Masterpieces of Russian Culture and Art
Author: The Hermitage
Author: Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)Publisher: Scala Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Showcases the most stunning exibits at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
The State Hermitage
Author: Mikhail B. PiotrovskyPublisher: Booth-Clibborn
ISBN: 9781873968031
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1572
Book Description
Back in print following sell-out first and second runs, this unique and internationally acclaimed two-volume publication forms a comprehensive illustrated companion to the impressive collections of The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Featuring lavishly-reproduced works of art from every great civilisation, famous paintings by artists as varied as Leonardo da Vinci, Van Gogh and Kandinsky, and lesser-known pieces that have never been published. Four years in preparation, The State Hermitage is a fitting tribute to the treasures of one of the world's greatest institutions.