Royal collection. Great Britain

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The first album entirely dedicated to masterpieces of painting, graphics and miniatures from the Royal Collection - a magnificent collection of works of art owned by the British Crown and Elizabeth II. For the first time, more than 220 masterpieces from the collections of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, the Tower of London, as well as from private royal residences are collected in one edition, many of which can only be seen on the pages of this album. The book contains more than 390 illustrations of the highest quality, on which you can see even the smallest details of the masterpieces of painting and graphics. The publication was prepared with the direct participation of the curators of the Royal Collection Trust, a foundation that manages artistic treasures collected by the rulers of Great Britain over more than 500 years. The foreword especially for the publication was written by Tim Knox, Director of the Royal Collection, Chairman of the Board of the Royal Collection Trust. The author of the book is Anna Poznanskaya, candidate of art history, art historian, specialist in Western European painting, senior researcher at the Department of Art of Europe and America in the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries of the Pushkin Museum. AS Pushkin. The Royal Collection is the heritage of the British monarchy. It has been entrusted to the Royal Collection Trust by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The collection includes not only paintings and drawings, which this book tells about, but also sculptures, books and all kinds of decorative and applied arts: from French porcelain to Faberge jewelry. Items from this collection decorated and to this day decorate royal residences, and are important components of any royal ceremonies, for example, they are used at receptions and gala dinners. Works from the collection are also displayed in palaces that are no longer official residences of the reigning monarch, such as the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace. The collection of paintings of the Royal Collection presents paintings by famous artists - both Europeans and British. Among them are Titian and Caravaggio, Rubens and Poussin, Reynolds and Gainsborough, and many other masters of world painting. Most of these masterpieces are located in palaces and estates and still decorate their interiors. The Great Museums of the World series has been published by SLOVO/SLOVO since 1998. The following albums were published in the series: "Vatican", "Uffizi and Pitti", "Prado", "London National Gallery", "Louvre", "Orsay", "National Gallery. Washington”, “Hermitage”, “Russian Museum”, “Tretyakov Gallery”, “Vienna. Museum of Art History”, “Munich Pinakothek”, “Museums of Rome”, “Museums of Holland”, “National Gallery of Scotland”, “Madrid. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum”, “Museums of Berlin”, “Dresden Gallery”, “Venice”, “Milan. Brera Gallery”, “Museums of Italy. Masterpieces of the Renaissance”, “Brussels. Royal Museums”, “Naples. Museum of Capodimonte", "Museums of New York", "Rome. Borghese Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York", "Museums of Florence", "Denmark. State Museum of Art, Sistine Chapel, Pushkin Museum, Tate. London", "Museums of Paris", "Chicago. Institute of Arts”, “Stockholm. National Museum”, “Royal Collection. Great Britain”, “Masterpieces of Mannerism.

Barcode: 9785387016547 SKU: 70149960 Categories: ,
Publication language: Russian

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