Research Catalog

Title

Russian splendor : sumptuous fashions of the Russian court / in association with the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis.

Publication

New York : Skira/Rizzoli, 2016.

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Additional Authors

• Piotrovskiĭ, M. B. (Mikhail Borisovich)
• Bouis, Antonina W.
• Vilinbakhov, G. V. (Georgiĭ Vadimovich), 1949-
• Plotnikova, Yu. V.
• Korshunova, Tamara Timofeevna
• Tarasova, Nina
• Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia), owning institution.

Description

437 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Summary

Prerevolutionary Russia was renowned for the glamorous and luxurious lifestyles of the nobility, with their opulent palaces and glittering social life. Now, this lavish volume reveals the incredible clothing they wore, from everyday dress and ceremonial attire to dress for special occasions, including elaborate evening wear for theater and musical events and fancy masquerade balls. Celebrated for luxurious materials and impeccable craftsmanship, the dress of the Russian nobility was haute couture at its finest. With beautiful photography and details highlighting the hand-spun silks and lace and jeweled embroideries, this book highlights the glamour of this gilded age and offers a fascinating window into a vanished world. Essays by Hermitage Museum curators, alongside historic Russian paintings and photographs, place the clothing in a historical context, revealing the rich cultural layers and artistic influences of czarist Russia.

Subjects

• Kings and rulers > Clothing > Russia > Exhibitions
• Clothing and dress > Russia > History > Exhibitions

Note

• "Catalog of the exhibition at the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 17 May-21 September 2014"--Title page verso.
• "Published with the approval of the Editorial Publication Board of the State Hermitage"--Title page verso.

Language (note)

• In English, translated from the Russian.

Contents

Introduction / by Dr. Mikhail Piotrovsky -- Ceremonies and festivities at the imperial court / G.V. Vilinbakhov and E.A. Tarasova -- Ceremonial costumes of the Russian court in the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum / T.T. Korshunova and N.I. Tarasova -- Fashion and style at the Russian court / Yu. V. Plotnikova -- Traditions, ceremonies, rituals: Court costume of the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries ; Church vestments ; Wedding ceremonies -- Social life: Ball and evening costumes of the nineteenth to early twentieth centuries ; Masquerade costumes of the nineteenth to early twentieth centuries ; The 1903 masquerade at the Winter Palace ; Masquerade in the western European style ; Visiting and party costumes of the nineteenth to early twentieth centuries ; Games and entertainment.

Call Number

JQF 16-1655

ISBN

• 9780847849468
• 0847849465

LCCN

2016945044

OCLC

939994579

Title

Russian splendor : sumptuous fashions of the Russian court / in association with the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis.

Publisher

New York : Skira/Rizzoli, 2016.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

In English, translated from the Russian.

Added Author

Piotrovskiĭ, M. B. (Mikhail Borisovich), writer of introduction.

Bouis, Antonina W., translator.

Vilinbakhov, G. V. (Georgiĭ Vadimovich), 1949- writer of added text.

Plotnikova, Yu. V., writer of added text.

Korshunova, Tamara Timofeevna, writer of added text.

Tarasova, Nina, writer of added text.

Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia), owning institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 16-1655