The Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum
Catherine the Great's Private Passion
by: Will Black - introduction by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Catherine the Great's seizure of power remains one of the most dramatic and iconic episodes in Russian history. Oranienbaum, the grandest baroque palace complex to be built in Russia during the 18th century, was the setting for her coup d'etat as well as where she commissioned her first palace as tsarina.

Its dazzling interiors survive intact from 1762. The palace was designed and built by Antonio Rinaldi, with the help of the great artists and craftsmen of the day, Giovanni Tiepolo, Giuseppe and Serafino Barozzi, and Stefano Torelli, to name but a few.

The Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum: Catherine the Great's Private Passion provides the reader with an exquisite introduction to one of the world's most enchanting 18th-century palaces.

Will Black is Russian Projects Director and Press Officer at the World Monuments Fund.

The World Monuments Fund, founded in 1965, is the foremost private nonprofit organization and has worked with local communities and partners to stem the loss of more than 400 important sites in 80 countries.

 
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ISBN: 1-59373-001-2
Publication date: Sept. 2003
Format: Hardcover, 6 x 6
4-color throughout
Extent: 48pp, 50 illustrations
Category: Travel
/Art