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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Geraldine Norman , Mikhail PiotrovskyPublisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd ISBN: 9781848225633ISBN 10: 1848225636 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 24 January 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Postponed Indefinitley Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction to the Hermitage; Chapter 1: The History of Scandal; Chapter 2: Opening to the World; Chapter 3: Fighting over New Art; Chapter 4: Restitution; Chapter 5: Construction and Corruption; Chapter 6: Sales and Purchases; Chapter 7: Thefts; Chapter 8: Fluctuating Attributions; Chapter 9: Political Aftertaste of Scandal; Chapter 10: The Pandemic and After; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; IndexReviewsFeatured in 'Best new art books for 2022' - Christie's Author InformationMikhail Piotrovsky has been Director of the State Hermitage Museum since 1992. He is also Chairman of the Association of the Museums of Russia and a long-serving member of the President's Council on Culture. An Islamic scholar, he is head of the Oriental Department of St Petersburg University. Geraldine Norman is a former journalist with The Times and the Independent and the author of The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum (1997). She was briefly the Director of the Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House (2000-2001) and subsequently founded and ran, until 2020, the UK Friends of the Hermitage.. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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