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Author Schenker, Alexander M.

Title The bronze horseman : Falconet's monument to Peter the Great / Alexander M. Schenker
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 398 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- 1 Paris: The Early Years -- SCULPTOR OF THE KING -- SCULPTOR OF MADAME DE POMPADOUR -- MAVERICK GENIUS -- PRO AND CON -- MADEMOISELLE VICTOIRE -- 2 Between Paris and St. Petersburg -- A BIT OF PREHISTORY -- FRIENDSHIP WITH PRINCE D.A. GOLITSYN -- TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE -- 3 Sculptors of the Empress -- GUEST OF HONOR -- THE CASE OF COLLOT -- THE FEUD WITH BETSKOI -- LARGE MODEL -- 4 Thunder Rock -- ROLLING STONE -- MARIN CARBURI ALIAS CHEVALIER DE LASCARIS -- 5 Gathering Clouds
MADAME FALCONETIN THE SHADOW OF THE MARCUS AURELIUS -- DIDEROT IN ST. PETERSBURG -- FALCONET LE DIFFICILE -- 6 From Plaster to Bronze -- PRELIMINARIES TO CASTING -- TO CAST OR NOT TO CAST? -- FIRST CASTING -- THE POMEL AFFAIR -- SECOND CASTING -- 7 Denouement -- FAREWELL TO RUSSIA -- UNVEILING -- LAST YEARS -- AFTERMATH -- 8 The Monument -- CONCEIT -- HORSE AND SNAKE -- HORSEMAN -- PEDESTAL AND INSCRIPTION -- Epilogue -- PLAN OF THE ADMIRALTY DISTRICT OF ST. PETERSBURG IN 1766 -- NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS, TRANSLITERATION, NOMENCLATURE, AND DATES
List of abbreviationsnotes -- bibliography -- index
Summary This is a comprehensive treatment of the most consequential work of art ever to be executed in Russia - the equestrian monument to Peter the Great. Schenker deals with the cultural setting that prepared the ground for the monument and provides life stories of those who were involved in its creation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-386) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Falconet, Etienne, 1716-1791. Peter the Great.
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725 -- Statues
SUBJECT Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725 fast
Peter the Great (Falconet, Etienne) fast
Subject Equestrian statues -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
Monuments -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
HISTORY -- General.
Equestrian statues
Monuments
Ruiterstandbeelden.
Bronze Horseman (Falconet)
Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
Genre/Form Sculptures
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003000244
ISBN 0300128940
9780300128949
1281729272
9781281729279