Walking through the halls of the Winter Palace
The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Today, the restored palace forms part of a complex of buildings housing the Hermitage Museum. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917 as depicted in Soviet paintings and Eisenstein's 1927 film October became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal façade is 250 meters (820 ft) long and 30 m (98 ft) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms, and 117 staircases. Following a serious fire, the palace's rebuilding of 1837 left the exterior unchanged, but large parts of the interior were redesigned in a variety of tastes and styles, leading the palace to be described as a 19th-century palace inspired by a model in Rococo style.
In 1905, the Bloody Sunday massacre occurred when demonstrators marched toward the Winter Palace, but by this time the Imperial Family had chosen to live in the more secure and secluded Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo and returned to the Winter Palace only for formal and state occasions. Following the February Revolution of 1917, the palace was for a short time the seat of the Russian Provisional Government, led by Alexander Kerensky. Later that same year, the palace was stormed by a detachment of Red Army soldiers and sailors—a defining moment in the birth of the Soviet state.
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Imperial Russia 4: Time of Troubles
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Russian Art - 8 Sculpture
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Main characteristic of russian sculpture is monumentality. Has a strong relation with its history and great dramatism. At the beginning it was not very developed due to the prohibition of idolatry. After the changes of Peter I, sculpture began to seem like european sculpture.
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Ancient Russia
Scarce, mostly in reliefs in churches. Wood is favourite material.
Reliefs of St. George’s cathedral.
Reliefs in cathedral of Demetrius
Lyudogoschensky cross. Of wood.
Muscovite Period
Polychromed wooden sculptures.
St. George by Vasili Yermolin.
Relief of St. George and the dragon in Rostov Kremlin, XV century.
Relief of St. George and the dragon, XVII century.
John, archbishop of Novgorod.
St. Nicholas.
Imperial Russia - Baroque
Peter I the Great occidentalizes Russia. Interest in classical sculpture.
Summer garden. Full of sculptures. Monument to Ivan Krylov and Venus Tauride, found in excavations in Rome.
Neptune, from unknown author.
Carlo Rastrelli will work for the tsars. The portraits are developed. Peter I. Alexander Menshikov. Anna Ivanovna. Peter I in Mikhailovsky Castle.
In XVIII century baroque sculpture is dominant. More portraits. The Palace of Catherine (already appear in Imperial Period chapter) is full of sculptures. I put a detail of the facade and Atlas.
Nicolas François Guillet: Peter I, Shuvalov.
Fedot Shubin: Ekaterina II, Alexandr Golytsin
The master of all is Étienne Maurice Falconet, french sculpture who makes the Bronze Horseman, the amazing Monument to Peter I the Great.
Imperial Russia – Neoclassicism
Happens at the end of XVIII century.
Fedor Gordeev: Prometheus, tomb of Alexandr Golytsyn.
Ivan Martos: Actaeon copy and in the fountain of Peterhof.
Theodosius Shchedrin: Marsyas, Venus, Diane.
Ivan Prokofiev: Morpheo, Actaeon, Union of the Volkhov and Neva rivers.
Michael Kozlowski: Yakov Dolgorukov burning the decree, Polycrates, Alexander the Great’s vigil, Suvorov in Mars Field, Catherine II.
Samson Fountain in Peterhof: it has sculptures of many authors, among them, Kozlowsky and Martos.
XIX Century
It reflects the develop of the nation and the social concience of russian society. In 1812 happen the war against Napoleon, that generated great patriotism.
Admiralty: the first two images, about nymphs and a fame genius playing the victory.
Triumphal arch in Moscow.
Rostral columns: commemorative columns of a naval battle.
General Staff building: it is in front of Winter Palace.
Lady of milk with broken jug by Sokolov.
Project of tombstone of Kozlowski by Pimenov.
Minin and Pozharski, by Martos, a bronze statue in the Red Square in Moscow, in front of St. Basil cathedral. It commemorates these two persons because they created a voluntary army to end the Period of Troubles in 1612.
Boris Orlovsky: Kutozov and of Barclay of Tolly in Kazan cathedral, Alexander column (two images).
Fiodor Tolstoi: created medallions about the war of 1812.
Galberg: Faun, Portrait of Ivan Martos.
Ivan Vitali: relief in St. Isaac cathedral, Venus, Old fountain in Moscow.
Alexander palace sculptures: first image of the palace, Pimenov, Loganovsky, Kreytan, Podozerov.
Genre scenes: Boy in bath by Ivanov, Peasant in trouble by Chizhov, First Step by Kamensky.
Peter Klodt: one of the greatest. Nicholas I, to Ivan Krylov, in Anichkov bridge (the rest).
Millenium of Russia: patriotic monument to commemorate the 1000 years of russian state. General concept by Mikeshin. Appear many characters of russian history. Painting by Bogdan Villevalde.
Catherine II by Mikeshin, Chizhov and Opekushin.
Pushkin by Opekushin.
Ivan IV by Antokolsky.
XX Century
Ivan Fedorov by Volnukhin.
Pushkin by Robert Bach.
Alexander III by Trubetskoy.
Birth of Fabergé, animal scenes and little figures. Mazeppa by Nicholas Liberia, Cossack by Lanseray, Poodle by Fabergé (they have more animals).
Anna Golubkina: Portrait of Tolstoy, Old Age.
Alexander Matveev: tomb of Borisov-Mutasov.
Sergey Konenkov: Kamneboets, Torso, Nike.
XX Century – Soviet Period
Tatlin tower.
Monument to the Victims in Mars Field.
Lenin in House of Soviets by Anikushin.
Worker and Kolkhoznitsa by Mujina.
XX Century – Great Patriotic War
Liberator Warrior by Vucetic.
Michael Ephrain in Vyazma.
Chernyakhovsky by Tomsky.
1200 Guardians by Mikenas.
XX Century – End of century
Mamayev Kurgan.
Statue of Motherland: a very big statue, similar to a nike commanding the troops for war.
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The Hermitage. The Art of Wesytern Europe. France, part 1
You can find in this movie the history of development school of art of France. Part 1 dedicated to French Rainessaince and to the art of the epoch of Louis XIV. See and listen details about the most known masterpieces of French arts known over the world and are the source of The Hermitage pride.
Chocolate Putin statue unveiled in St Petersburg
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St. Petersburg - 5 December 2015
1. Woman and children posing with chocolate statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin
2. Mid of sculpture
3. Woman posing with chocolate Putin and his dog
4. Tilt up from Putin's dog Connie to Putin
5. Wide of chocolate Putin
6. Child taking picture of chocolate statue
7. Various of boy taking a picture of sculpture
8. Tilt up of chocolate Putin
9. Woman take photo of chocolate Putin on her phone
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A life-size chocolate sculpture of Russian President Vladimir Putin was unveiled at the Festival of Chocolate fair in St Petersburg on Saturday.
The weight of the entire sculpture, including Putin's dog Connie, is around 90 kilograms (200 pounds).
Visitors of all ages took photographs of the chocolate Putin sculpture after it was unveiled.
After the festival, the sculpture will be not eaten or sold and will return to the St. Petersburg workshop where it was crafted.
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8 Strangest Solved Mysteries
8 Strangest Solved Mysteries
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The phrase unsolved mystery brings up connotations of dedicated research, dangerous archeology, and that TV show from the '80s. But sometimes, these unsolved mysteries actually get solved—in fact, some of them were explained a long time ago. While the explanations for these crazy mysteries are often much less salacious than the mysteries themselves, they're no less interesting.
Whether they're phenomenon thought to be ancient or extraterrestrial, or crazy detective stories that ended tragically, a solved mystery is worth reading about, especially since they offer that creep factor generally sought-after in these types of narratives. They can involve centuries-old building techniques, natural occurrences, or the disappearances of people. And they bedeviled professional and amateur investigators for years or decades, only to be Solved.
Here are some of the strangest solved mysteries, and what really happened in these cases.
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(Lecture 8) Meaning Of Revolution - Fr. Seraphim Rose
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Baroque | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:54 1 Origin of the word
00:03:55 2 Architecture: origins and characteristics
00:07:18 2.1 Italian Baroque architecture
00:10:17 2.2 Spanish Baroque architecture
00:12:33 2.3 Central Europe and iRococo/i (1740s–1770s)
00:15:19 2.4 French Baroque or iClassicism/i
00:17:24 2.5 Russian Baroque
00:18:18 3 Painting
00:22:10 4 Sculpture
00:23:53 5 Music and ballet
00:26:44 5.1 Composers and examples
00:30:07 6 Theatre
00:34:26 7 Gardens
00:36:43 8 End of the style, condemnation and academic rediscovery
00:38:51 9 Italian Baroque
00:39:00 10 Spanish Baroque
00:39:09 11 Baroque and Rococo in Germany, Austria and Central Europe
00:39:20 12 Style Louis XIV
00:39:29 13 See also
00:39:38 14 Notes
00:39:46 15 Books cited in text
00:39:55 16 Further reading
00:40:03 17 External links
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The Baroque (UK: , US: ) is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, music, painting, sculpture and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the mid-18th century. It followed the Renaissance style and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as late Baroque) and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to France, northern Italy, Spain and Portugal, then to Austria and southern Germany. By the 1730s, it had evolved into an even more flamboyant style, called rocaille or Rococo, which appeared in France and central Europe until the mid to late 18th century.
Palace of Versailles | Wikipedia audio article
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Palace of Versailles
00:01:13 1 History
00:01:21 1.1 The hunting lodge and château of Louis XIII
00:03:00 1.2 The palace of Louis XIV
00:06:02 1.3 Enlargement of the Palace (1678-1715)
00:07:46 1.4 The Palace of Louis XV
00:09:44 1.5 Louis XVI, and the Palace during the Revolution
00:12:25 1.6 19th century - history museum and government venue
00:15:46 1.7 20th century
00:19:02 1.8 21st century
00:19:41 2 Ownership and management
00:20:13 3 Architecture and plan
00:23:08 4 Royal Apartments
00:25:12 4.1 The State Apartments of the King
00:25:49 4.1.1 The Salon of Hercules
00:26:21 4.1.2 The Salon of Abundance
00:26:50 4.1.3 The Salon of Venus
00:27:25 4.1.4 The Salon of Mercury
00:28:14 4.1.5 The Salon of Mars
00:28:46 4.1.6 The Salon of Apollo
00:29:22 4.1.7 The Salon of Diana
00:29:52 4.2 Private apartments of the King and Queen
00:30:02 4.2.1 Private apartments of the King
00:31:48 4.2.2 Private apartments of The Queen
00:32:28 5 The Grand Gallery
00:32:51 5.1 The War Salon
00:33:24 5.2 The Hall of Mirrors
00:35:16 5.3 The Peace Salon
00:35:49 6 Royal Chapel
00:37:07 7 Royal Opera
00:38:42 8 Museum of the History of France
00:40:52 9 Gardens and fountains
00:41:24 9.1 The Parterre d'Eau and the Parterre and Fountain of Latona
00:42:19 9.2 Fountain of the Chariot of Apollo and the Grand Canal
00:43:06 9.3 North Parterre, Dragon Basin, and Basin of Neptune
00:44:06 9.4 South Parterre and the Orangerie
00:44:38 9.5 The Fountains and the Shortage of Water
00:45:42 10 The iBosquets/i or Groves
00:47:04 11 The Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon
00:49:05 12 The Hamlet of Marie Antoinette
00:49:59 13 Modern Political and ceremonial functions
00:51:34 14 Cost
00:57:59 15 In popular culture
00:59:35 16 Gallery
00:59:44 17 See also
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The Palace of Versailles (French: Château de Versailles; English: vair-SY, vur-; French: [vɛʁsaj]) was the principal royal residence of France from 1682 under Louis XIV until the start of the French Revolution in 1789 under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, in the region of Île-de-France, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of the centre of Paris.The palace is now a Monument historique and UNESCO World Heritage site, notable especially for the ceremonial Hall of Mirrors, the jewel-like Royal Opera, and the royal apartments; for the more intimate royal residences, the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon located within the park; the small rustic Hameau (Hamlet) created for Marie Antoinette; and the vast Gardens of Versailles with fountains, canals, and geometric flower beds and groves, laid out by André le Nôtre. The Palace was stripped of all its furnishings after the French Revolution, but many pieces have been returned and many of the palace rooms have been restored.
In 2017 the Palace of Versailles received 7,700,000 visitors, making it the second-most visited monument in the Île-de-France region, just behind the Louvre and ahead of the Eiffel Tower.
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