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Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great Born: April 21, 1729Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland)Died: November 6, 1796Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin, Russia) German-born Russian empress The Russian empress Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, reigned from 1762 to 1796. She expanded the Russian Empire, improved... Read more |
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Hermitage Museum
Hermitage, St Petersburg. Russia's pre-eminent collection of art and antiquities, one of the world's greatest museums. It takes its name from a pleasure pavilion (now known as the Little Hermitage) created in the late 1760s for the Empress Catherine II ( Catherine the Great) (1729–96;... Read more |
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King of Morocco Hassan II
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Oscar II Hammerstein
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'Reading' Catherine's portraits.(Catherine the Great)
...dislikes. The three portraits pictured here are...renderings of Catherine's physical appearance...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Portrait of Empress Catherine II on Horseback Danish...He painted five portraits of ... |
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What you'll see in the St. Petersburg exhibit.(Originated from Knight-Ridder...
...of Russian empresses, including...equestrian portrait of Nicholas...service given by Catherine II to her favorite...Gregory Orlov. Portraits of imperial children and Catherine II and Pavel I...belonged to ... |
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A Woman of Letters
LIKE CATHERINE, DASHKOVA WROTE plays, memoirs, became involved in linguistics...Derzhavin's "Ode to Felitsa" and her own "Inscription to a Portrait of Empress Catherine II."2 Combining prose and poetry, the "Epistle to the Word... |
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BOOKS: Empress Catherine brought vividly to life; Catherine The Great: Love...
...the epithet "Great", Catherine II, Empress of All the Russias has become...fascinating biography of Catherine the Great. Drawn from Catherine's own copious writings...detailed and always absorbing portrait of one of ... |
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For Catherine, art symbolized power.(THE HOME FORUM)
...art, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, was omnivorous...essay that asks: "Did Catherine II have taste?" She certainly...s taste by saying: "Catherine II may have had little taste...and oil copies). The ... |
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An enlightening look at Catherine's artistic legacy
...Francois Boucher. The empress' glittering...in Paris before Catherine was born, and...Jean Huber). Catherine's husband, Peter...one of which was Catherine's lover. Catherine...Russia. Catherine II ruled ... |
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Catherine the great: a personal view.(Critical Essay)
...the controversial Empress of Russia. SINCE I FIRST TOOK Catherine seriously as a ruler...it is a personal portrait of someone who has...years the Empress Catherine II of Russia (1762-96), or Catherine the ... |
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Women Artists, Holding Court
...and fabric in her "Portrait of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna...watercolors, 6 marble portrait busts and 39 paintings...an anonymous 1790 portrait of Catherine II (commonly known as...mistresses' official ... |
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Sitting pretty at opening; Minneapolis Institute of Arts pays $3 million for...
...million for the Roslin portrait. The timing of the...was a sought-after portrait painter among 18th...life. He also painted Empress Catherine II of Russia and Crown...is undisputed. The portrait already has been requested... |
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Catherine, the Great Human Being.(International Edition)(Catherine the Great:...
...passionate. The Russian empress Catherine the Great once...Potemkin, but it was Catherine herself, an obscure...deserves the title. Catherine built, conquered...Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. Massie...Peter I or ... |