Research Catalog

Title

The empress of art : Catherine the Great and the transformation of Russia / Susan Jaques.

Author

Jaques, Susan

Publication

• New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

xiv, 466 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly color illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Traces the remarkable history of Catherine the Great's influential art collection and creation of the Hermitage, discussing how her cultural goals were part of a long-term plan to modernize and westernize Russia.

Subjects

• Empresses
• Russia
• Art
• History
• Empresses > Russia > Biography
• Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796
• Biographies
• Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
• Art patronage
• 1762-1796
• Art > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg
• Biography
• Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796 > Art patronage
• Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Biography.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-447) and index.

Contents

Part One: Extreme makeover. This heavy thing ; The brightest star of the North ; The ambrosia of Asia ; Collecting debut ; Building frenzy ; My falcon, my golden pheasant -- Part Two: Russia is a European nation. A monument to Peter and to you ; Make peace with your enemy ; My prodigal son ; The Saxon Richelieu ; The earth and sea trembled -- Part Three: War and love. Queen of feasts ; Dressed to "empress" ; Peace offerings ; Crozat the poor ; The coachman of Europe ; Tiger in the forest -- Part Four: Peace and prosperity. Sleepless nights ; Anglomania ; A crowd and not a city ; Breaking the mold ; Brother Gu ; Cateau and the hermit of Ferney -- Part Five: A second Rome. Cat and mouse ; Raphaelism ; Sashenka ; Palladio's shadow ; The Greek project -- Part Six: Empire building. Mother of the Fatherland ; A rose without thorns ; The Master of Neuwied ; An accidental Michelangelo ; Slings and arrows ; Baby Hercules -- Part Seven: War and revolution. Center stage ; Cameo fever ; Russia's paradise ; Betrayals ; French madness ; Curtain call -- Part Eight: Reaction. Tears and despair ; A ticking clock ; Warsaw's ours ; Catherine's library ; Queen of the world ; Joined in death -- Part Nine. Legacy. A son's revenge ; Art-loving grandsons ; The end of the line ; Raiding the Hermitage ; Preservation.

Call Number

JFE 16-5870

ISBN

• 9781605989723
• 160598972X

OCLC

944958990

Author

Jaques, Susan, author.

Title

The empress of art : Catherine the Great and the transformation of Russia / Susan Jaques.

Publisher

New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Edition

First Pegasus Books cloth edition

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-447) and index.

Chronological Term

1762-1796

Research Call Number

JFE 16-5870