Tag Archives: peter the great

turgenev: losing baptized property

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Dave

Ivan Turgenev. He was Russia’s Great Emancipator, helping abolish serfdom; he helped bring freedom to the serfs by an ingeniously devastating method: writing short stories that showed what their lives were like… …In Russia, at least, the prospects for emancipation … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word | Tagged Czar Alexander II, Decembrist Revolution Russia, Harriet Beecher Stowe, ivan turgenev, Ivan Turgenev A Sportman's Sketches, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nicholas Turgenev, peter the great, Russia Emancippation Act, Russia nineteenth century, Russia serfdom | Leave a comment

spouts and surges

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Dave

Dripping gods and goddesses and fountains as royal status symbols… The principles of Andre Le Notre and Francois and Pierre de Francine were carried to England in 1712 in a curious and amusing book, The Theory and Practice of Gardening, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Andre Le Notre, Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday, Caserta Naples, Charles III of Naples, Dezallier d'Argenville, Fellini La Dolce Vita, Fountain of Trevi Rome, Francois de Francine, Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, John James gardening, Luigi and Carlo Vanvitelli, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicola Salvi, peter the great, Peter the Great Peterhof summer palace, Peterhof summer palace, Pierre de Francine | Leave a comment

too much is never enough

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Dave

Larger than life. Way larger than life. In Russia, it can be said there is no middle ground, only extremes. There is a “scarlet thread” of extravagance runnig through the Czarist past, the collectivized period and back to the present. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged church of vasili blazhenni, countess saltikov, empress elizabeth of russia, georg christoph grooth, Ivan The Terrible, peter the great, poutin election, poutin hockey, russian history, vladimir poutin | Leave a comment

the sweet smell of excess

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dave

More Medvedev and Svetlana. This time they look a little better attired. Maybe the album graphics are more interesting than the album which was a bit of a dog. Why no mention for Leon Russell? What is he; chopped liver … Continue reading →