Вашему вниманию предлагается прекрасно оформленное и богато иллюстрированное подарочное издание с шелковым ляссе. Книга вложена в подарочный футляр, украшенный золотым тиснением.
"An eagle, looking down at St Petersburg from a high altitude, will notice the unity of the will that has powerfully brought the city to life and will sense the wonderworking builder, whose ideas have been roughly embodied in an inert matter," asserted the writer and historian Nikolai Antsiferov, a recognized connoisseur of Russia`s northern capital. It seems that Antsiferov mentioned this bird not by chance - St Petersburg has its own "eagle history". Legend has it that when Tsar Peter the Great, the city`s founder, shovelled the first clod of earth himself on Hare Island, laying the foundation of a fortress with which the history of St Petersburg began, an eagle sat down on his shoulder. Peter regarded it as a good omen. And it happened so - the city, founded on a marshland and doomed to have a brief term of existence according to predictions because of difficult soils, frequent floods and damp climate, was growing and getting better to turn eventually into one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
It is known that an increase of the vertical point of view results in a growth of emotional impact of any object. If we apply this statement to the northern capital of Russia, the fate of birds seems to be much happier than the destiny of human beings. After all, birds, stars and angels look from heavens at this amazing city with its impeccably verified layout, perfect volumes and faultlessly elegant silhouettes of buildings. And what if we, who have trodden all streets in St Petersburg, rise high, like birds, and undertake an air travel above the city of St Peter?
For the first time ever! Under one cover are assembled the best works by St Petersburg masters of photography, which allow you to see all the beauty and grandeur of the northern capital of Russia from the height of birds` flight. This art book affords you a unique chance to conceive the city as a single architectural ensemble.