The Empress of Art : Catherine the Great and the Transformation of Russia / Susan Jaques.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaques, Susan, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.

Catherine.

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796--Art patronage.

Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia).

Empresses--Russia--Biography.

Empresses.

Art.

Art patronage.

Russia.

Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.

Russia--History--Catherine II, 1762-1796.

History.

Art--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 466 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : chiefly color illustrations

Edition:

First Pegasus books cloth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Pegasus Books, [2016]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2016]

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-421) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781681771144

1681771144

Publisher Number:

99984770945

Access Restriction:

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