Many Russian Museums of the world significance, both metropolitan and provincial, are well-known. The book narrates about such indisputable symbols of Russian culture as the State Hermitage and Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.Pushkin; about eloquent witnesses of many centuries, that are the Moscow Kremlin and the kremlins of other cities; about the oldest museums such as the Central Naval Museum established in St. Petersburg in 1709 in the order of Peter I, the Kunstkammer, which was opened in 1714 as the first Russian public museum. The reader can find here also the articles on the memorial museums, museums-estates and the most interesting private museums. Издание на английском языке.

Folded, fully indexed map of Moscow, Russia showing major and minor roads, districts, and political boundaries at a scale of 1:20,000. Also details the locations of museums, churches, monuments, and various points of interest. Additionally, this map contains a detailed map of the Metro Railway system. Legend is in Russian, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian.

Olimpia is part of the volume entitled "treasures of the Greek Museums" which introduces the reader to the priceless works of art housed in the museums of Greece

Olimpia is part of the volume entitled "treasures of the Greek Museums" which introduces the reader to the priceless works of art housed in the museums of Greece

The books will showcase the best paintings and sculptures of the period and present rarely seen gems from provincial museums and museums of former Soviet republics. Each book opens with an expert article on the subject. Images are organised in chronological order, displaying a wide variety of artistic styles from Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to Socialist Realism, Severe Style and Neorealism.

The books will showcase the best paintings and sculptures of the period and present rarely seen gems from provincial museums and museums of former Soviet republics. Each book opens with an expert article on the subject. Images are organised in chronological order, displaying a wide variety of artistic styles from Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to Socialist Realism, Severe Style and Neorealism.

Young explorers can travel around some of the world's most stylish museums in sticker-book form, this smartly illustrated activity book allows children to visit the Science, Natural History and Costume Museums, while adding stickers to complete each scene.

This edition is dedicated to the Moscows Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, its history, exposition and foundations. The large part of the book also mentions history of Museums building, Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, designed in 1926 by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov. There is also some information on Russian Jewish history, based on Museums exposition.

This edition is dedicated to the Moscows Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, its history, exposition and foundations. The large part of the book also mentions history of Museums building, Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, designed in 1926 by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov. There is also some information on Russian Jewish history, based on Museums exposition.

A new title in the Design series and an excellent introduction to the life and work of this versatile Russian artist. Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1953) was a central figure in the Russian Constructivist art movement; a radical activist, a pioneer of photomontage, a theorist, and a teacher. He was an active force in the organization of the first museums of modern art that arose in Russia in the first years after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attending art school in 1914 in Kazan was to be a defining influence: that year Russian Futurists performed in the town, and Rodchenko saw their leading figures in action. It transformed his vision and he was still working with Futurist artists and their ideas twenty-five years later. And it was at art school where Rodchenko first met the artist Varvara Stepanova, with whom he collaborated extensively, and who would become his life-long partner. Central in the re-examination of art and its place in society after the Revolution, and in the search for a new culture without the class implications of the past, Rodchenko's radical approach proposed a new understanding of a constructed, rather than a tastefully composed, culture. This concise, comprehensive and informative work focuses largely on Rodchenko's graphic work in the form of book jackets, posters and advertising. Abbemuseumr is Visiting Professor at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Tutor, painter, writer, and exhibition organizer, John Milner specialises in nineteenth and twentieth century art in France and in Russia. He is currently preparing a re-presentation of the extensive collection of works by El Lissitzky at the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He has lectured at the National Gallery, Tate, and Royal Academy of Arts in London, at the Henry Moore Institute, and at many other universities and museums.

POSSIBLY THE GREATEST MUSEUM ON EARTH, the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, houses a staggering number of riches, including the largest collection of paintings in the world. Published on the occasion of the museum's 250th anniversary, this handsome, accessible volume showcases 250 of the Hermitage's masterpieces dating from Egyptian times through the modern period. Founded in 1767 by Catherine the Great, the palatial Hermitage Museum encompasses more than three million works of art and artifacts displayed within a spectacular architectural ensemble, the heart of which is the famed Winter Palace, former residence of the tsars. To commemorate this important anniversary, gathered together here are the masterworks that make this world-famous cultural destination a global treasure. This splendid volume, organized to evoke the great haUs and sumptuous details of the museums interiors, features the extraordinary, under-published highlights of the collection. With works by all the great masters, including Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Caravaggio, Velazquez, and Rubens; beloved works of the highest quality by Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Degas; and modern paintings by the giants Matisse, Picasso, Malevich, and Kandinsky, the Hermitage is a dream destination for art lovers and armchair museum goers. Priceless antiquities, feats of mechanical engineering such as the famous Peacock Clock, and works of sculpture and decorative arts are also included and accompanied by texts from the museums leading curators. This volume is sure to be cherished by art lovers around the world.

Icons of Russia features style icons, symbols and iconic brands of Russia. From the Hermitage to Tetris and from Faberge to Andy Warhol's portrait of Lenin, you have the eye-catching panorama of essential Russian achievements. Rich in illustrations, this is both an art book and an encyclopedia. Today, Russia is veiled by prejudices and myths. Icons of Russia is created to give you the true picture of Russia's national heritage. You can also have an overview of what Russia has contributed to world culture, economy, lifestyle and hi-tech.

Take an exclusive tour of the world's most exciting museums and discover their hidden treasures. This behind-the-scenes guide showcases a huge range of incredible artefacts from history and reveals the hard work, care, and effort that goes into collecting, preserving, and storing them. Ever wondered what happens to an astronaut's space suit after it's been worn on the Moon? Or how the world's most valuable diamond is looked after? Find out all about how museums work and the people that make it happen - from how historians care for Anne Frank's diary to what it takes to excavate and exhibit a wooly mammoth skeleton. Behind the Scenes at the Museum gives you exclusive access to hidden objects that aren't normally on public display. It lets you into a world of animal specimens pickled in jars, priceless jewellery too valuable to be on display, and fragile papers that must be kept in carefully controlled conditions. Filled with incredible images, step-by-step explanations of exciting techniques, and job profiles of the people that make it happen, Behind the Scenes at the Museum offers unique, behind-the-curtain access to the secret delights of the world's most interesting museums.

A wonderfully original book about contemporary Russia as seen on journeys in search of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Chekhov, Gogol and Turgenev. Shortlisted For The Edward Standford Travel Writing Award 2020 With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides - Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev, among others - Wheeler travels the length and breadth of Russia to make connections between then and now. On the Trans-Siberian railway, at sail on the Black Sea, or while watching television with her hosts in Soviet apartment blocks, Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news - a Russia of humanity and daily struggles. At a time of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West, Wheeler gives a voice to the 'ordinary' people of Russia and discovers how the writers of the past continue to represent their country today.

A wonderfully original book about contemporary Russia as seen on journeys in search of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Chekhov, Gogol and Turgenev. With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides - Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev, among others - Wheeler travels the length and breadth of Russia to make connections between then and now. On the Trans-Siberian railway, at sail on the Black Sea, or while watching television with her hosts in Soviet apartment blocks, Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news - a Russia of humanity and daily struggles. At a time of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West, Wheeler gives a voice to the "ordinary" people of Russia and discovers how the writers of the past continue to represent their country today.

A wonderfully original book about contemporary Russia as seen on journeys in search of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Chekhov, Gogol and Turgenev. With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides - Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev, among others - Wheeler travels the length and breadth of Russia to make connections between then and now. On the Trans-Siberian railway, at sail on the Black Sea, or while watching television with her hosts in Soviet apartment blocks, Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news - a Russia of humanity and daily struggles. At a time of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West, Wheeler gives a voice to the "ordinary" people of Russia and discovers how the writers of the past continue to represent their country today.