Although the architect, Stepan Liphart, speaks of Leo von Klenze’s New Hermitage, personally, my first association was the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts designed by Roman Klein: there are also ...
An Empire style marbled chimney piece with tall, subAdamesque detail, tall jabs; coat of arms to centre, ornate brass fireplace surround and mirror overmantel with acroteria. Both doorways have ...
Nizhny Novgorod is renowned for its high riverbanks – up to one hundred meters above the water level. One such bank is the right bank of the Oka before it flows into the Volga; in recent years, a lot ...