Murrell, Kathleen Berton.

Moscow art nouveau / Kathleen Berton Murrell.

London : Philip Wilson Publishers ; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., ©1997.

160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

"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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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.

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 192738
Cote: ID NA1197.M53; ID:97-B3809
Statut: Disponible