Synopses & Reviews
The Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia, is one of the great museums of the world. This stunning new edition of the definitive book on the museum showcases its unparalleled collections, which span prehistory to the 20thand#160;century: Paleolithic artifacts of the 22ndand#160;millennium BC; Egyptian antiquities; Roman portrait busts; Byzantine coins; Scythian gold; Chinese prints; 19th-century Tibetan art; paintings by Leonardo and Picasso, Matisse and Rembrandt; Sandegrave;vres porcelain; Gobelins tapestries; jewelry; costumes; furniture; and much more. Recent additions, such as the Soviet porcelain collection of the Lomonosov Porcelain Museum, are also included.
Mikhail Piotrovskyand#39;s, new illustrated introduction reflect the andquot;Greater Hermitageandrdquo; project: its recent expansion across Palace Square, the museumandrsquo;s new restoration and conservation center, and its affiliated museums in St Petersburg and beyond.
First published in 1994, this revised and updated two-volume setandmdash;the official publication for the 250thand#160;anniversary of the Hermitageandmdash;is an unrivaled treasury of world culture.and#160;
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andldquo;A triumph of the art of the museum and of book creation.andrdquo;
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andldquo;The art book of 2014.andrdquo;
About the Author
Oleg Yakovlevich Neverov is a chief researcher and curator at the State Hermitage, specializing in ancient glyptics.
Dmitry Pavlovich Alexinsky, a junior researcher at the State Hermitage, is an antiquity specialist.
Dr. Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky has been the director of the State Hermitage Museum since 1991.