Decorative Arts in the Hermitage

Aurora Publishing, 1986.

Item #30396

Hardcover, dustjacket, 392 pp.

The Hermitage Museum in Leningrad is a famous repository of artistic treasures from all countries and times. The Hermitage's decorative art collections are not inferior to world museums in their richness, diversity and artistic merits.
Objects of applied art, such as wood, metal, glass, textiles, or ceramics, which added color to the lives of those who used them, are of great value for expanding our understanding of the culture and art of a particular country at a particular time. Crafts, which have always been the most accessible means of human contact with art, give an idea of the customs and styles of bygone generations, thereby allowing them to appreciate their tastes and, as it were, breathe in a piece of the atmosphere in which they lived.
The book presents masterpieces of decorative and applied art from the Hermitage's extensive collection. Their choice is not limited to any one period or country. The Ancient East, Classical Greece and Rome, Ancient Russia, Western Europe of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as well as Western European and Russian decorative and applied art of the XVII-XIX centuries - this wide range brilliantly illustrates the inexhaustible diversity of human creativity.

Price: $95.00