The publication accompanying the Russia! exhibition, which was of great success in New York (the USA) and Bilbao (Spain), includes over 300 masterpieces from the collections of the Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, art museums of Russia and private collections. It gives an opportunity to estimate the scale and the range of the exhibition.
The book includes articles by famous Russian art critics on the development of the Russian art from ancient times to present day; an illustrated catalogue with brief annotations and artists´ biographies.
The album of illustrations includes icons of the 12th - 17th centuries, artworks of painting and sculpture of the 18th - 20th centuries, objects of applied art and installations of the 2000s of the 21st century.
Most of the artworks, particularly from the art museums of Russia and private collections have been published for the first time.
The publication has been financed by the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation (Moscow)
Nataliya Grigorieva. Painting and Graphic Art
St. Petersburg. Palace Editions, 2006
72 pages; 60 colour illustrations, 4 colour and 1 black-and white photo
Format: 23.4 x 22,5 cm, Russian and English
Anastasia Khoroshilova. Travel Notes
St. Petersburg. Palace Editions, 2006
118 pages; 80 colour illustrations
Format: 23.5 x 23cm, Russian and English
Alexandra Vertinskaya. Visual Archive.
Saint-Petersburg.: Palace Editions, 2006
96 pages, 48 colour illustrations, 7 colour photographs and 1 black and white photograph.
Format: 24 cm x 31 cm; Russian/English
Saint-Petersburg.: Palace Editions, 2006
304 pages, 219 colour illustrations.
Format: 24 cm x 32 cm; Russian
St Nicholas of Myra in works of XII-XIX centuries from the State Russian Museum collection.
Saint-Petersburg.: Palace Editions, 2006
248 pages, 158 colour illustrations.
Format: 24 cm x 32 cm; Russian
Lucio Fontana. Master of European Art. The Poetics of Space between Creation and Representation.
Saint-Petersburg.: Palace Editions, 2006
120 pages, 48 colour pages, 5 black and white illustrations, 5 black and white photographs.
Format: 24 cm x 31 cm; Russian/English
Times of Change. The Art of 1960-85 in the Soviet Union
St Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2006
415 pages
Format: 24.5 x 33.5 cm, Russian and English
State Russian Museum. Annual Report 2005
Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2006
256 pages; 554 colour and 50 black and white illustrations
Format: 21.5 x 29 cm; Russian/English
The collection of masterpieces, chosen by the Russian Museum will allow you to make a first impression of the collection of the Russian Museum.
Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
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