treasures landscape friedrich collection

books:

Treasures of Catherine the Great
Mikhail B. Piotrovsky

Harry N. Abrams, 2001

Catherine the Great, famed 18th-century Empress of Russia, was not only one of history?s most remarkable women, but also a voracious and astute collector. Her fabulous private horde of jewels, miniatures, clocks, porcelain, arms and armor, coins and medals, paintings, and other precious objects is owned by the Hermitage Museum, which is housed in the former Winter Palace of the tsars in St. Petersburg. These are treasures fit for an empress; ...

Caspar David Friedrich and the German Romantic Landscape
Mikhail B. Piotrovsky, Ernst W. Veen, ...

Lund Humphries, 2009

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), the leading artist of the German Romantic Movement, provides the focus for this fascinating book, which contextualises the artist's work in relation to his German predecessors, contemporaries and followers while also examining the important role which Russian collectors played in the development of this naturalistic genre. Inhospitable, ancient and timeless landscapes characterise Friedrich's haunting ...

The State Hermitage: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection

2 reviews
Mikhail B. Piotrovsky, Geraldine Norman

Booth-Clibborn, 2001

The Only Source
For those who can afford it, this pricey two volume set is as amazing as it is heavy--22 pounds! As far as I can tell, there is no other catalogue of this incomparable museum. I searched for months to find it. There are books with bits and pieces of the collection but nothing as comprehensive as this. Although this certainly doesn't catalogue the entire collection, it certainly puts a major ...