Allen Brian: British Art Treasures from the Russian Imperial Collections in the Hermitage
Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: This sumptuously illustrated book coincides with the bicentenary of the death of the Empress Catherine the Great. It examines the story of the acquisition of these treasures and of the cultural relations between Britain and Russia in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The distinguished art critic John Russell provides an introduction for this book, and eminent British and Russian…