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The Empress of Art: Catherine the Great and the Transformation of Russia
By Jaques, Susan
- ISBN
- 9781605989723 9781681771144
- Publisher
- Pegasus
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Reviewed on February 15, 2016 | Social Sciences
After taking power from her husband in a coup d'etat, Catherine the Great (1729–96) crowned herself with an ornate, newly made jewel-encrusted gold and silver crown valued at one-eighth of the annual Russian state budget. She then embarked on a spare-no-expense pursuit of art over the course of her 34-year reign. Jaques (docent, Getty Museum; A Love for the Beautiful) focuses on how Catherine's prolific art acquisitions tr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
