The Potemkin village /

According to legend, the phrase Potemkin village can be traced back to the Russian field marshal Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin. In 1787, the minion of Catherine the Great purportedly had entire villages erected as painted façades along the paths of her travels to the recently conquered Crim...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Lehner, Judith M., 1982- (Author), Lehtinen, Linde B. (Author), Moser, Walter, 1979- (Author)
Other Authors:	Sailer, Gregor
Format:	Book
Language:	English German
Language Notes:	Text in English and German.
Published:	Heidelberg : Kehrer Verlag, [2017]
Subjects:	Sailer, Gregor > Catalogs. Landscape photography > Catalogs. Architecture and photography > Catalogs. Facades > Catalogs.