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L’histoire du dernier tsar de Russie – Du trône au crépuscule
À travers l'histoire, l'art et des témoignages, cet ouvrage révèle l'histoire d'un monarque déchiré entre son devoir et son destin, et d'une famille prise dans les feux croisés du changement. Plus qu'un récit de chute, c'est une fenêtre sur la fin d'un empire et la naissance d'une nouvelle Russie.
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Russia’s Last Tsar Story – From Throne to Twilight
Through history, art, and testimony, this work reveals the story of a monarch torn between duty and destiny, and a family caught in the crossfire of change. More than a tale of downfall, it is a window into the end of an empire and the birth of a new Russia.
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Le Dernier Tsar – Couronné de gloire, perdu par la révolution
Cet ouvrage retrace la vie et l’action du dernier tsar Nicolas II, ainsi que celles de ses prédécesseurs, Alexandre II et Alexandre III. De magnifiques photographies, dont la plupart n’ont encore jamais été publiées, illustrent la vie des derniers membres de la famille impériale et de leurs proches.
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The Last Tsar – Crowned in Glory, Lost to Revolution
This is a major pictorial work about the Romanov dynasty, the supreme rulers of Russia for over 300 years, with special emphasis on the life of Nicholas II, the last Tsar. Moreover, it is an unsurpassed photographic record of the lives of the last reigning members of the Russian Royal family.
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Le Dernier Tsar de Russie : Le pouvoir, la révolution et la fin d’un empire
La grande majorité des photographies utilisées dans ce livre n'ont jamais été publiées auparavant et ont rarement été vues, même par des chercheurs occidentaux, car elles sont restées cachées dans des archives pendant 70 ans, depuis la révolution russe.
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Russian The Last Tsar: Power, Revolution, and the End of an Empire
The great majority of the photographs used in this book have never been published before, and have rarely been seen even by researchers from the West, having remained hidden in archives for 70 years, since the Russian revolution.
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun – a Pioneering Woman Painter in the 18th Century
Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755–1842) was a pioneering French portrait painter celebrated for her captivating depictions of European royalty, aristocrats, and intellectuals during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Le Rococo
En associant le mot rocaille, référence aux formes alambiquées des coquillages, à l’italien baroco, les Français donnèrent naissance au terme de « rococo ». Apparu au début du XVIIIe siècle, il s’étendit rapidement à l’ensemble de l’Europe.
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Rococo
Deriving from the French word rocaille, in reference to the curved forms of shellfish, and the Italian barocco, the French created the term ‘Rococo’. Appearing at the beginning of the 18th century, it rapidly spread to the whole of Europe. Extravagant and light, Rococo responded perfectly to the spontaneity of the aristocracy of the time. In many aspects, this art was linked to its predecessor, Baroque, and it is thus also referred to as late Baroque style.
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Goya: The Original Photojournalist?
Admittedly, Goya never actually took photos. But replace his pencil and etching tools for a camera and Goya was predating the practice of objective war photojournalism by centuries. During the terrible Peninsular War of 1808-1814, the artist visited the Spanish countryside and witnessed unimaginable horrors. His recordings of these became the powerful series Disasters of War, which would go unpublished until thirty years after his death. Goya completed these works for himself, recording simply what he saw and what drew his attention, rather than what any patron wanted to see. Although taken individually they could be powerful propaganda, as a whole the series takes no sides. Goya portrays with equal…
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