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The Neoclassical in Russia not only draws influence from the Neoclassical style prevalent in France and England, but also drew from as much as it rejected the Baroque that had become prevalent in Russia over the 17th and early 18th century. [89] The Russian neoclassical style drew its inspiration from the works of Palladio, Vignola, Vitruvius ...
The chronology and typology of artistic styles in Russia during the 18th and 19th centuries differ significantly from those in Western Europe. [2] Natalia Kovalenskaya was the first historian of Russian art of the 18th century to identify the unique 'splicing' of artistic styles in Russia. She wrote that after Peter the Great's reforms in the ...
Neoclassical architecture in Russia developed in the second half of the 18th century, especially after Catherine the Great succeeded to the throne on June 28, 1762, becoming Empress of Russia. Neoclassical architecture developed in many Russian cities , first of all St. Petersburg , which was undergoing its transformation into a modern capital ...
Elizabethan Baroque (Russian: Елизаветинское барокко, romanized: Yelizavetinskoye barokko or Elizavetinskoe barokko) is a term for the Russian Baroque architectural style, developed during the reign of Elizabeth of Russia between 1741 and 1762. It is also called style Rocaille or Rococo style. [1]
Repoblación architecture 880s–11th century; Spain; Regency architecture; Richardsonian Romanesque 1880s US; Rococo; Roman architecture 753 BC – 663 AD; Romanesque architecture 1050–1100; Romanesque Revival architecture 1840–1900 US; Russian architecture 989 – 18th century; Russian Revival 1826–1917, 1990s–present; Saltbox; San ...
Naryshkin Baroque, also referred to as Moscow Baroque or Muscovite Baroque, is a particular style of Baroque architecture and decoration that was fashionable in Moscow from the late 17th century into the early 18th century.
It is regarded as the most notable example of the Petrine Baroque style of architecture. [1] Petrine Baroque (Russian: Петровское барокко) is a style of 17th and 18th century Baroque architecture and decoration favoured by Peter the Great and employed to design buildings in the newly founded Russian capital, Saint Petersburg ...
After his death in 1771, the palace reverted to the crown, but Catherine the Great of Russia (r. 1762–1796) donated it to her own favourite, Prince Potemkin, in 1776. The architect Ivan Starov was charged with extensive renovations of the palace in the newly-fashionable Neoclassical style, which were effected in 1778 and 1779. Simultaneously ...