The Bronze Horseman: Falconet's Monument to Peter the Great

by Alexander M. Schenker

Book Overview

This book is the first comprehensive treatment in any language of the most consequential work of art ever to be executed in Russia--the equestrian monument to Peter the Great, or The Bronze Horseman, as it has come to be known since it appeared in Alexander Pushkin's poem bearing that title.

The author deals with the cultural setting that prepared the ground for the monument and provides life stories of those who were involved in its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300212232
• ISBN13: 9780300212235
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"