The Petrine revolution in Russian architecture / James Cracraft.

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Cracraft, James.

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The Petrine revolution in Russian architecture / James Cracraft.

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xxvi, 372 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-364) and index.
1. Introduction -- "The Birth of Architecture in Russia" -- The Larger Historical Context Problems -- 2. The Heritage in Contemporary European Eyes -- Moscow -- The Provinces -- Final Impressions -- In Retrospect -- 3. An Architecture in Crisis -- Churches and Houses -- Fortification and Town Planning -- Building and Brickmaking -- Case Histories -- 4. Moscow Baroque -- Moscow Baroque? -- Moscow Mannerism? -- Nationalist Assertions -- Ukranian and Belorussian Baroques -- Conclusions -- 5. Revolutionary Transitions -- Azov: New Fortification and Shipbuilding -- A Revolution in Military Architecture -- New Currents in Civil Architecture -- A Convergence of Taste Remodeling Moscow -- 6. Revolution Embodied: The Building of St. Petersburg -- The Tsar's Taste The European Masters -- Masters and Students -- Revolution by Decree -- Landscapes and Interiors -- 7. The Revolution in Contemporary European Eyes -- Initial Impressions -- F.C. Weber's "Description" -- Other Views -- Revolution Triumphant -- Postscript -- 8. Conclusion -- The Revolution Institutionalized -- From St. Petersburg to Moscow -- To the Provinces and Beyond -- Gallery of Plates.

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ISBN:

0226116646
9780226116648
0226116611
0226116638 (pbk.)
9780226116631 (pbk.)

Subject:

Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725.
Pierre I, empereur de Russie, 1672-1725 Et l'architecture.
Pierre I (empereur de Russie ; 1672-1725) Contribution à l'architecture.
Architecture, Baroque Russia (Federation)
Neoclassicism (Architecture) Russia (Federation)
Architecture Russia (Federation)
Architecture baroque Russie.
Néoclassicisme (Architecture) Russie.
Architecture Russie.
Architecture.
Architecture, Baroque.
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
Architecture Russie Saint-Pétersbourg (Russie) Histoire.
Néo-classicisme (architecture) Russie.
Russia (Federation)
Russia Architecture, history

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Location: Library main 41107
Call No.: ID:89-B1243
Status: Available

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