Tag: Russia

Stalin (1992)

Director: Ivan Passer Producer: Mark Carliner Screenplay: Paul Monash Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama | Historical | Thriller | War Music: Stanislas Syrewicz Country: United States Language: English Studio: HBO Films Release date: 1992 Running time: 172 minutes Robert…

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Director: David Lean Producer: Carlo Ponti Screenplay: Robert Bolt Based on: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Genre: Drama | Epic | Historical | Romantic Music: Maurice Jarre Country: United Kingdom | Italia Language: English | Russian Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date: 1965…

Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein (1750s)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein (View of Pirna from the Sonnenstein Castle) 1750s Oil on canvas, 136 × 237 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia 1763 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford…

Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne (1504)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne (Judith with the Head of Holofernes) 1504 Oil on canvas, 144 cm x 68 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Giorgione‘s work largely determined the development of 16th-century Venetian painting. There are but…

Meule de foin à Giverny (1886)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Meule de foin à Giverny (Haystack at Giverny) 1886 Oil on canvas. 60.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Most of the second half of Monet‘s life was spent in and around Giverny, where the leader…

La Seine à Asnières (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Asnières (The Seine at Asnieres) 1873 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Asnières-sur-Seine (France)

Les prairies à Giverny (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les prairies à Giverny (Meadows at Giverny) 1888 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Monet first moved to Giverny in 1883, and was to spent the whole of the second of his…

Un coin de jardin à Montgeron (c.1876)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Un coin de jardin à Montgeron (Corner of the Garden at Montgeron) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 175 x 194 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Created at the very height of Impressionism by the leader of the movement,…

L’étang à Montgeron (c.1876)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’étang à Montgeron (Pond at Montgeron) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 173 x 194 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is one of four decorative panels commissioned by the financier Ernest Hoschedé, amongst the first patrons of the…

La Seine à Rouen (1872)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Rouen (Seine at Rouen) 1872 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Rouen (France)