Moscow art nouveau / Kathleen Berton Murrell.

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Murrell, Kathleen Berton.

Title & Author:

Moscow art nouveau / Kathleen Berton Murrell.

Publication:

Description:

160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 158) and index.
Introduction (starting p. 6) -- 1 Harbingers of the 'Style Moderne' (starting p. 8) -- 2 Fyodor Shekhtel: Architect of Genius (starting p. 26) -- 3 Scope of the New Style (starting p. 64) -- 4 World of Commerce (starting p. 104) -- 5 Demise of Art Nouveau and the Triumph of Classicism (starting p. 138) -- Bibliography (starting p. 158) -- Index (starting p. 159)

Summary:

"Moscow's rising merchant class, newly prosperous in the industrial boom of the early years of the 20th century, chose Art Nouveau for their mansions and business premises, public buildings and apartment houses precisely because it was so distinctive and untainted by past associations. Thus it happened that Art Nouveau, the striving for different and more expressive forms that was sweeping Europe, was adopted in Moscow as the leading style at a time when the city was being virtually rebuilt." "Art Nouveau became the dominant architectural style for no more than a decade but even today, despite the destruction and redevelopment of the Soviet era, it does much to give Moscow its individual stamp. The city was fortunate not only to have sensationally wealthy merchant patrons but also gifted architects who were able to exploit the possibilities of the new style in spectacular and original ways." "This new book discusses the architects and the buildings they designed and illustrates Moscow Art Nouveau in all its diversity."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0856674885
9780856674884

Subject:

Art nouveau (Architecture) Russia (Federation) Moscow.
Architecture Russia (Federation) Moscow History.
Art nouveau (Architecture) Russie Moscou.
Architecture Russie Moscou Histoire.
Architecture
Art nouveau (Architecture)
Buildings
Art nouveau (architecture) Russie Moscou (Russie)
Moscow (Russia) Buildings, structures, etc.
Russia (Federation) Moscow
Moscou (Russie) Constructions.

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192738
Call No.: ID NA1197.M53; ID:97-B3809
Status: Available

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