The Hermitage (Winter Palace)
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The Hermitage (Winter Palace)
- October 28, 2001
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akakd from , Arizona
The Hermitage, aka Winter Palace, formerly the residence of Russian Emperors, was constructed between 1754-1762. This wondrous Museum now houses over 3 million pieces of art, so allow some serious time to explore it! The building itself is a marvel. My favorite pieces included works by Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Gauguin, Cezanne, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, & Rembrandt. My goal is to attend one of the three-week summer sessions in order to more fully appreciate all the Hermitage has to offer.
From journal St. Petersburg--A Window on Europe
Winter Palace
- July 15, 2001
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Andrew_vodo from Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
The residence of the russian emperors, a great luxury palace created by Italian architect Rastrelli. Now one of the most famous museums in the world, The State Hermitage is situated here.
From journal The city of marvelous nights
The Hermitage (Winter Palace)
- November 18, 2000
- Rated 4 of 5 by
AnaMH from South Florida, Florida
The Hermitage is one of the best art museums in the world. It resides in four buildings including the Winter Palace. The gift shop is wonderful. The museum is vast and have a very diversified collection. The Italian art collection has works by Michelangelo, Raphael (my fav!), Botticelli and plenty of other artist. The Dutch and Flemish collection has the largest collection of Rembrandt outside of the Netherlands. The most popular section of the museum is the third floor, which houses modern European art from the 19th and 20th centuries. All the major artist of this time are represented including Renior, Van Gogh, Monet and Delaroix.
From journal Sites of St. Petersburg, Russia
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The Hermitage (Winter Palace)
- June 20, 2000
- Rated 4 of 5 by
marcopolo from Savannah, Georgia
The Hermitage is well known among the great art museums of the world. If a person were to spend two minutes eight hours a day looking at each piece of art, it would take one hundred and fifty-five years to see the Hermitage. The museum (which was really a palace) began to collect art even before Catherine the Great spent so many rubles collecting the great art collections of Europe. She bought art to demonstrate her love of culture and art and to demonstrate that she too was an enlightened leader who belonged to the fraternity of 'Enlightened ones.' This practice was followed by all of the Tsars that followed her and as a result the Hermitage boasts the largest collection of French Impressionist art to be found under one roof. In fact the Hermitage boasts art of every age and even has two paintings by Leonardo De Vinci. The collection begins with the art of pre-historic times and has a vast collection of Egyptian art. All of the art produced by the great European painters are there from the 14th Century forward. There are sculptures and great vases of marble. Fantastic furniture and golden thrones abound. There is the great coronation carriage of the Romanovs and scads of fabulous porcelain. There is the fabulous Fabrege collection and tapestries. Perhaps best of all is the architecture of the palace itself. The Cameron staircase is arguably one of the most beautiful in the world. The last group I took to Russia was given freedom of movement there with a makeup chance on the last day of the tour to go back for something that we might have missed that was important for them to see.
From journal Culture and Art tour of St. Petersburg
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The Hermitage
- June 6, 2000
- Rated 4 of 5 by
barbara from Atlanta, Georgia
The Hermitage used to be Catherine the Great’s Winter Palace. It is a huge and expansive building housing literally millions of pieces of great art. My husband and I went by ourselves to the Hermitage a second time after having already visited once with our tour group. We wanted to take more time wandering through the spectacular hallways, looking at the incredible, original paintings hanging all around us. We saw originals by Renoir, Degas,
Monet, Van Gogh. Every style of work you could think of from every time period and art movement imaginable was available for viewing. Wanting to see an exhibit by Matisse even though we were running short on time, we practically sprinted from one floor to another---guides with broken English gesturing patiently to direct us---until we found
ourselves in the middle of a room full of nothing but Picassos! I’ve never been to the Louvre in Paris, but I know its art can’t possibly be of any higher quality than the Hermitage!
From journal Peter’s City