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ARCA publishers present a series of small-format books that acquaint readers anew with gems of the Hermitage collection. Fascinating fragments and details that quite often escape the eye provide fresh insights into familiar paintings and drawings, sculptures, works of jewellery and archaeological finds.

A beautifully illustrated book on Christmas from the HermitageA wide variety of masterpieces allows us to illustrate the scene of Nativity not only with magnificent paintings but also with drawings, engravings, reliefs and elegant objectsIn the Christian world the images of the Virgin and Saints as well as the scenes of the Annunciation and the Adoration have been the source of artists' inspiration throughout many centuries. Evangelic themes are represented in the Hermitage collection by the canvases of such men of genius as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Brueghel, Rubens, Van Dyke, Rembrandt and many others. Arca and Reader's Digest jointly present this full-colour book, with a fascinating text and elegant design which will make this edition a perfect gift and a treasured adornment to any home library.

In this rich collection from the State Hermitage there are answers to many questions about how civilizations and artists have imagined and resonded to the sublime, profound, awe and fear inspiring depths of the sea. With over 250 full color illustrations.

ARCA publishers present a series of small-format books that acquaint readers anew with gems of the Hermitage collection. Fascinating fragments and details that quite often escape the eye provide fresh insights into familiar paintings and drawings, sculptures, works of jewellery and archaeological finds.

They were there for different reasons: Vanya was hiding in the museum crowds to escape from fatigue and a sour mood, while Tasya had wandered away from her parents and gotten lost while collecting ideas for her album. The kids find that they have something in common: the ability to travel through time and space by gazing deeply and observantly into paintings. For them, the images become portals into a different reality, where they meet Rembrandt and his characters and also encounter the Queen of the Tulips.

How did the Neva embankments and Nevsky Prospekt look two or three centuries ago? How did the Winter Palace change with time? And what about fashions in the capital founded by Peter the Great? In this elegant and lavishly illustrated book the answers are provided by eye-witnesses -- Alexei Zubov, Mikhail Makhayev, Andrei Martynov, Karl Beggrow, Carl Collmann, Vasily Sadovnikov and other artists who with inspiration and affection recorded the appearance, life and atmosphere of the young and beautiful city on the Neva.