Showing The Hermitage: an A to Z of art by Catherine Phillips

Real Year:2008 Binding unknown, however some books are completely new Take A Journey Through Art History As You Learn About The Rich Collections Of St Petersburg's Magnificent State Hermitage Museum Containing Nearly 550 Reproductions This Innovative Book Is Packed With Objects Dating From The 23Rd Millennium Vs To The Very End Of The 20Th Century From All Across The World And From Many Different Belief Systems It Looks At Styles And Genres Schools And Trends Techniques And Materials Illustrating Them Not Only With Familiar Masterpieces But With Many Of The Hermitage's Less Wellknown Fascinating Products Of Human Creativity Conveniently Arranged Under 65 Main Headings Sebastiaen Bonnecroy's Still Life With A Skull (Front Cover) Serves To Illustrate The Heading Trompe I'oeil The Accompanying Text Then Introduces The Reader To Concepts Such As Painting Within A Painting Palette Stretcher Maulstick Vanitas Memento Mori And Much Much More Through A Carefully Conceived System Of Cross References And The Clear Organisation Of