HSPLS site	Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   My Account   Databases   HI Newspaper   eBooks/Audiobooks   Learning   PC Reservation   Reading Program

Basic Advanced Power History

Search:  Title BrowseAuthor BrowseSubject BrowseBest Seller BrowseMusic Title BrowseVideo/DVD Title BrowseJournal/Newspaper Title BrowseSerial Title BrowseSeries Browse (includes Bestseller List)General KeywordTitle KeywordAuthor KeywordSubject KeywordName KeywordSeries KeywordScore Title BrowseTalking Book Title BrowseAwards Note BrowseBib No.Barcode       Refine Search     > You're searching: HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Jaques, Susan, author.     Subjects     Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.     Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 -- Art patronage.     Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)     Empresses -- Russia -- Biography.     Art -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg.     Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jaques, Susan, author.       by title:      The empress of art :...         MARC Display

The empress of art : Catherine the Great and the transformation of Russia / Susan Jaques. by Jaques, Susan, author. New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2016. Subjects Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.   Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 -- Art patronage.   Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)   Empresses -- Russia -- Biography.   Art -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg.   Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796. ISBN:  9781605989723 (hardcover) 160598972X (hardcover) Description:  xiv, 466 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First Pegasus Books cloth edition 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 709.47 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 709.47 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 709.47 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.