
Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow
A Cultural History, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 181)
Albert J. Schmidt(Author)
American Philosophical Society Press
Published on 1. January 1989
Book
Hardback
218 pages
978-0-87169-181-1 (ISBN)
Description
Dr. Schmidt describes the building & planning schemes in Moscow from approx. the accession of Catherine the Great in the early 1760s to the mid-reign of Nicholas I, about 1840. The author maintains that despite the enormous destruction of historic Moscow caused by the reordering of Gorkii (the old Tverskaia) St. & the Kalinin Prospect (the Arbat) under Stalin & Khrushchev, there still exists a significant remnant of the classical city which rose from the ashes of the great fire in 1812. The architects of the classical city--Catherine's builders, Vasilii Bazhenov & Matvei Kazakov, & those who rebuilt Moscow after 1812, Osip Bove, Domenico Giliardi, & Afanasii Grigor'ev--are featured together with their individual architectural creations as well as their broader city-planning accomplishments. In many respects an atlas of the boulevards & thoroughfares of central Moscow, this book both recreates the Moscow of another era & adds to the understanding of the contours & character of the modern Soviet metropolis. Illus.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87169-181-1 (9780871691811)
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