Hermitage Cookbook: Symbols, Traditions, Recipes
ISBN: HB: 9785912083266, Prestel Publishing, Arca, March 2024
320 pp., 21,0x15,0 cm
The Hermitage Cookbook is a hymn to the unity of material world seen through the prism of art, literature, ethnographic observations and historical documents. The book covers a wide range of culinary recipes-ancient, national, family and royal. And w...
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Hermitage: Masterpieces of the Painting Collection
ISBN: PB: 9785912084140, Prestel Publishing, Arca, December 2021
336 pp., 11,4x9,9 cm
Works from the palatial Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, are beautifully reproduced in this splendid volume. For 255 years, the State Hermitage has been one of Europe's largest and significant museums. Its collection was started in 1764 by...
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Gods, Humans, Dogs
ISBN: HB: 9785912084065, Prestel Publishing, Arca, December 2019
208 pp., 20,8x19,3 cm
This book is dedicated to humanity's oldest and most loyal friend, our companion since time immemorial―the DOG. Dogs have devotedly served poor shepherds and mighty kings, and even the gods. Their hidden talents and capabilities are spoken of in the...
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17.99 GBP
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Flower Power
ISBN: HB: 9785912083631, Prestel Publishing, Arca, May 2019
224 pp., 15,2x11,4 cm, colour illus.
This elegant gift edition pays tribute to the symbolic and allegorical language of flowers by placing flower portraits , manuscripts and botanical atlases alongside myths, legends and poetry from around the world. Devoted to flowers, the book is beau...
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12.99 GBP
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Birds of a Feather...
ISBN: HB: 9785912083648, Prestel Publishing, Arca, May 2019
304 pp., 15,2x11,4 cm
The symbolism surrounding the bird is unequalled by any other creature. Godlike, mysterious, benevolent or evil, they can be associated with fire, with freedom, with fragility and have been a recurrent symbol in mythology, literature and art through...
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Hermitage: The Sea in Art
ISBN: HB: 9785912083181, Prestel Publishing, Arca, October 2018
288 pp., 20,8x19,8 cm
In the richest collection of the State Hermitage we may find answers to many questions. Even to such as these: how did people of ancient civilizations imagine the sea? How did they express in myths and artworks their awe of the profound? What invaria...
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Hermitage: 300 Masterpieces
ISBN: PB: 9785912082238, Prestel Publishing, Arca, July 2018
316 pp., 17,0x11,6 cm
The book presents the collection of the State Hermitage, one of the greatest museums in the world. The aim is to give an all-embracing picture of the museum's stocks, to show not only the world-famous gems of fthe collection, but also works that are...
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Hermitage: Birds and Flowers
ISBN: PB: 9785912081460, Prestel Publishing, Arca, July 2018
304 pp., 11,4x9,9 cm
ARCA publishers present a series of small-format books that acquaint readers anew with gems of the Hermitage collection. Fascinating fragments and details that quite often escape the eye provide fresh insights into familiar paintings and drawings, sc...
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9.95 GBP
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Hermitage: Christmas Book
ISBN: PB: 9785912081934, Prestel Publishing, Arca, July 2018
272 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm
In the Christian world the images of the Virgin and Saints as well as the scenes of the Annunciation and the Adoration have been the source of artists' inspiration throughout many centuries. Evangelic themes are represented in the Hermitage collectio...
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