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Lazy!
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There was a painting gallery here
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- On the upper floor
- With 111 Italian paintings
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- But not the best masters
- Not the best
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The tsars were mainly Russophiles
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But they dreamed of Italy
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Wasn't the Hermitage created
to satisfy those dreams?
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- Raphael isn't for you
- Not for us
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- For Italy
- Italy...
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- It's warm there!
- Warm?
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What beauty!
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The small Italian gallery...
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Who are these people?
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Of which milieu are they?
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Do you see that vase?
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Yes! Empire style is everywhere
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- And those Voronikhine lamps
- Lamps?
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Empire! Empire! Empire!
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I have no enthusiasm for it.
That style is too silly
:17:29
Don't forget it was born
under Bonaparte...
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...then it became fashionable here...
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...to the point of becoming
the national style...
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...to the detriment
of its originality
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We battled Napoleon,
not the Empire style
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Who are they? Who are these people?
:17:48
People who live in St Petersburg
when the city is no longer a capital
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It's better that way.
A capital city should be...
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...an ancient city like Moscow.
Not a chimera