Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
Table of Contents
The Tsarina /Mikhail B. Piotrovski --Women and the arts at the Russian court from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century /Lindsey Hughes --A century of women painters, sculptors, and patrons from the time of Catherine the Great /Rosalind P. Blakesley --"Brilliant proof of the creative abilities of women" : Marie-Anne Collot in Russia /Irina G. Etoeva --Bridging two empires : Christa Robertson and the court of St. Petersburg /Elizaveta P. Renne --An Imperial collection.