{"id":8942,"date":"2010-08-10T23:30:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T06:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/8942"},"modified":"2010-08-10T23:30:53","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T06:30:53","slug":"the-st-petersburg-hermitage-as-art-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/8942","title":{"rendered":"The St. Petersburg Hermitage as Art Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main museum facilities of the\u00c2\u00a0Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia is a complex of six buildings, the greatest of which is the Winter Palace. The Winter Palace was the residence of the Russian Monarchs from 1762 to February 1917 and, as such, the details in the floors, ceilings, and walls are all artworks in themselves. The building of the New Hermitage, connected to the Winter Palace, includes the Raphael Loggias, which were copied from a gallery in the Vatican Palace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Hermitage-Winter-Palace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8956\" title=\"The Eastern Facade of the Winter Palace\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Hermitage-Winter-Palace-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"The Eastern Facade of the Winter Palace\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Eastern Facade of the Winter Palace<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SOURCE: The Eastern Facade of the Winter Palace (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Hermitage-Throne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8958\" title=\"The Throne of St. George's Hall\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Hermitage-Throne-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Throne of St. George's Hall\" width=\"327\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Throne of St. George&#8217;s Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SOURCE:\u00a0The Throne of St. George&#8217;s Hall\u00c2\u00a0(The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Hermitage-Ceiling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8959\" title=\"Ceilings in the Hermitage\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Hermitage-Ceiling-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ceilings in the Hermitage\" width=\"327\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ceilings in the Hermitage<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SOURCE: Ceilings in the\u00c2\u00a0Hermitage (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Hermitage-Arches.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8960\" title=\"The Raphael Loggias\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Hermitage-Arches-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Raphael Loggias\" width=\"327\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Raphael Loggias<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SOURCE: The Raphael Loggias (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2010 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main museum facilities of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia is a complex of six buildings, the greatest of which is the Winter Palace. The Winter Palace was the residence of the Russian Monarchs from 1762 to February 1917 and, as such, the details in the floors, ceilings, and walls are all artworks in themselves. 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