Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920) is deservedly the most famous creator of the stunning gold, silver, and jewel-studded treasures of imperial Russia. Perhaps because of the popularity of his Easter eggs, Fabergé’s skilled competitors have been largely overlooked. Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths tells their story and features their masterpieces as well as Fabergé’s. Today, the creations of the Russian master goldsmiths are dispersed throughout the world. A broad sampling of masterpieces from the great Russian collections, as well as from private and public collections, are depicted here in nearly 300 full-color illustrations, a number of which are published here for the first time.
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The renowned Easter eggs made by Peter Carl Faberge for the czars of Russia lead off this cavalcade of treasures, captured in 277 color plates and two informative essays. Russia's master goldsmiths and jewelers created marvels in clocks, tableware, scent bottles, opera glasses. They fashioned religious icons and chalices drawing on age-old traditions, and innovated forms in carved hardstone flowers or stone figurines. Objects such as cigarette cases have a distinctively Russian feel, while a striking naturalism was achieved in animal carvings of a hippopotamus or a frog. In their opening essay, Smorodinova and Ulyanova, curators at Moscow's Historical Museum, offer a thorough survey of this art and discuss pioneers such as Faberge, Pavel Ovchinnokov and Ivan Khlebnikov. Hill, curator of Russian art for Sotheby's, New York, briefly reviews Faberge's life and artistic sources.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Exquisite from cover to cover" is the description best suited to this lavishly illustrated volume on the unique creations of Faberge's workshop and of lesser-known contemporaries, including Khlebnikov, Ovchinnikov, and Sazikov. The introductory text details the smithing techniques they used and the rise to worldwide recognition of the artisans who ultimately played an important role in Russian culture. The primary focus of the book, however, is on the spectacular assortment of treasures they created, including eggs, jewelry, tableware, objets de vitrine, and objets de luxe. The objets d'art are arranged by category, with firm, master craftsman, date, size, and brief description offered for each. Highly recommended.
- Stephen Allan Patrick, East Tennessee State Univ., Johnson City
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Stephen Allan Patrick, East Tennessee State Univ., Johnson City
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I wish for Gerard Hill the same books that he has created.
I especially hope he receives a book of cartoons with the captions/punchlines indexed in the back so he has to look up each and every one. I sincerely wish that he has to destroy the books in order to read them. The only way to read the book is to cut out the captions from the list of captions in each section and paste them into the correct spot and good luck with that. Apparently, as editor it was easiest for him to list them all in one section. Who cares about the reader? This man must have a devious streak, with an unsual desire to annoy. This book is going back.
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Simply an excellent book. The photographs are excellent and provide better details than I could get when I was standing in front of some of the "Faberge Eggs".
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I ordered this book and had an ideia how it could be....and when I received it I was impressed!!! For such price you can never buy such a great book!!! It's big and has very good photos.
It's the best gift you can offer to someone! Highly recomend!!!
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