Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky has been the director of the State Hermitage Museum since 1992 and has dedicated his career to making the treasures of the museum accessible to individuals and institutions around the world. Georgy Vilinbakhov, Evelina Tarasova, Tamara Korshunova, Nina Tarasova, and Julia Plotnikova are top researchers and curators at the Historic Costume Department of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
"For a trip to colder climes, Russian Splendor mines the portraits,
objets and costumes in the State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg
for a touch of fur-trimmed luxury of the 19th-century Imperial
Court."
—The New York Times
"This book features a plentiful selection of photographs and a
history written, brilliantly, by four curators of the museum’s
historical costumes department, who locate the costumes in the life
of the court and its ceremonials . . . The narrative is
wonderfully enriched by quotations from the memoirs and letters of
courtiers and visitors who recorded moments from the lives of royal
and aristocratic personages."
—Art News
"A stunning volume showcasing the magnificent court dress of the
Russian Empire, culled from the authoritative collection at the
State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, photographed with the
Winter Palace as a backdrop."
—City Book Review
"With beautiful photography and details highlighting the handspun
silks and lace and jeweled embroideries, this book highlights the
glamour of this gilded age and offers a fascinating window into a
vanished world. Essays by Hermitage Museum curators, alongside
historic Russian paintings and photo-graphs, place the clothing in
a historical context, revealing the rich cultural layers and
artistic influences of czarist Russia."
—Antiques And The Arts Weekly
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