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The Petrine revolution in Russian architecture / James Cracraft.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cracraft, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725.
- Peter.
- Architecture, Baroque--Russia (Federation).
- Architecture, Baroque.
- Russia (Federation).
- Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Russia (Federation).
- Neoclassicism (Architecture).
- Architecture--Russia (Federation).
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- In this highly original book James Cracraft provides a major case study of the cultural revolution in Russia initiated by Peter the Great, tsar and first emperor (1682-1725). He recounts in fascinating detail how modern standards of architecture supplanted traditional norms in Russia following a massive injection of European expertise and indicates how, thereby, the modern Russian built world came into being. The first comprehensive study of the Petrine revolution in Russian architecture to be published in any language, the book includes nearly 250 illustrations, many of them original photographs appearing here for the first time.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 357-364.
- ISBN:
- 0226116646 :
- 0226116638
- OCLC:
- 17299712
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