The summer palaces of the Romanovs : treasures from Tsarskoye Selo / edited by Emmanuel Ducamp ; photographs by Marc Walter ; with the collaboration of Mrs. Paula Cussi ; translated from the French by Barbara Mellor.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 360 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 31 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 0500516472
- 9780500516478
- Tsarskoie Selo. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Situated just south of St. Petersburg, the Russian imperial residence ofTsarskoye Selo is now more than three hundred years old. TsarskoyeSelo ("Tsar's Village") was once a modest estate housing a summerresidence for Catherine I, second wife of Peter the Great. The buildingnow known as the Catherine Palace was extensively rebuilt by EmpressElizabeth and then lavishly refurbished by Catherine the Great. Thisempress's love of art and decoration is evident in the sumptuous interiorsand in the extensive park, filled with fanciful pavilions, bridges, andmonuments. Catherine also commissioned the neoclassical AlexanderPalace for her favorite grandson, the future Alexander I; this laterbecame home to the last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family until theirexile to Siberia.The palace is a glorious showcase for Russian art and craftsmanshipin a huge variety of materials and techniques, from the mirrors and lavishgilding of the Great Hall to the blood-red beauty of the Agate Rooms,their walls lined with Siberian jasper. Tsarskoye Selo is not only a pieceof art history but a living testimony to the tastes and private passionsof the Romanov family. Their clothes and porcelain, their desks and bookshelvesbuild an intimate and involving portrait of life in imperial Russia.
Translation of: Tsarskoie Selo : de Catherine II à Nicolas II : trois siècles de splendeur impériale.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Alexander Avdeyev -- Preface / Emmanuel Ducamp -- Introduction / Iraida Bott -- Palaces, parks and pavilions / Irina Stepanenko -- Interiors / Marina Lebedinskaia, Irina Stepanenko -- Stucco, Scagliola and painted decoration / Irina Stepanenko -- Marble and coloured stone / Irina Stepanenko -- Textiles and costumes / Ekaterina Potselueva, Alexei Rogatnev -- Carved wood and marquetry / Iraida Bott -- Decorative metal / Tatiana Serpinskaia, Ekaterina Chvigliova -- Porcelain and pottery / Elena Eremeeva -- Coloured glass and crystal / Elena Eremeeva -- Amber and exotic materials / Elena Kalouguina.