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BAROQUE, an artistic style. Its forms are closely related to the art of late antiquity and Renaissance (it applies to order elements, elaborately combined with such ornamental motifs as draped atlantes' torsos or leaves of acanthus). The eminent features of Baroque art include emotional expression, the complexity of perspective, intensity of colour, dramatic effects of light and shade, along with defiant symmetry violation in most expressive fragments and universal application of curvilinear shapes and elaborate decorative character. In St. Petersburg, the Baroque was not established at once: the art of the 1700s-30s was marked by regularity, austere geometry and symmetry, as well as the simplicity of decor (the works of architects D.Trezzini, N. Michetti, I.G. Braunstein, M.G. Zemtsov, gardens by D. Broquette, wall reliefs by N. Pinot). The most prominent master of the late Russian Baroque of the 1740s-50s was F. Rastrelli. The works of architects S.I. Chevakinsky, D.V. Ukhtomsky, A. Rinaldi, A.F. Kokorinov were already using the neo-Classical features to a great degree. The active use of the basic Baroque designs is clearly visible in St. Petersburg architecture of the 1840s-1910s; becoming fashionable again in the mid-20th century. References: Гуляницкий Н. Ф. Градостроительные особенности Петербурга и черты русской архитектуры середины ХVIII в. // Архитектурное наследство. Л.; М., 1979. № 27. С. 12-21; Грабарь И. Э. Петербургская архитектура в XVIII и XIX веках. СПб., 1994; Власов В. Г. Архитектура "петровского барокко": Эпоха. Стили. Мастера. СПб., 1996; Каганов Г. З. Петербург в контексте барокко. СПб., 2001. A. V. Burdyalo.
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Braunstein Johann Friedrich
Broquette D.
Chevakinsky Savva Ivanovich
Grabar Igor Emmanuilovich
Kokorinov Alexander Filippovich
Kurbatov Vladimir Yakovlevich
Michetti Niccolo
Peter I, Emperor
Pinot Nicolas
Rastrelli Francesco de
Rinaldi Antonio
Trezzini Domenico
Ukhtomsky Dmitry Vasilievich
Zemtsov Mikhail Grigorievich
Bibliographies
Каганов Г. З. Петербург в контексте барокко. СПб., 2001
Власов В. Г. Архитектура "петровского барокко": Эпоха. Стили. Мастера. СПб., 1996
Грабарь И. Э. Петербургская архитектура в XVIII и XIX веках. СПб., 1994
Гуляницкий Н. Ф. Градостроительные особенности Петербурга и черты русской архитектуры середины ХVIII в. // Архитектурное наследство. Л.; М., 1979
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Architectural Styles (entry)
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, recognizable systems of architectural compositional techniques, forms and decor, whose differences are caused by social and cultural environment, aesthetic preferences and the type of architectural culture of a particular epoch
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Blagoveschenskaya (Holy Annunciation) Burial Vault
BLAGOVESCHENSKAYA (HOLY ANNUNCIATION) BURIAL VAULT (Holy Annunciation Burial Vault), the oldest stone chapel-monument of St. Petersburg, part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra Ensemble
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Cathedral of Prince St. Vladimir
CATHEDRAL OF PRINCE ST. VLADIMIR, (Dobrolyubova Avenue, 26 Blokhina Street), an architectural monument in a transitional style from Baroque to Classicism. The Cathedral is located on the so-called mokrushi, soggy, regularly flooded lowland
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Cathedral of the Renewal of the Jerusalem Holy Resurrection Temple
CATHEDRAL OF THE RENEWAL OF THE JERUSALEM HOLY RESURRECTION TEMPLE, Smolny Сathedral, the Cathedral For All Educational Establishments, located at 1 Rastrelli Square. Monument of Baroque architecture
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Church of Our Lady of Vladimir
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF VLADIMIR, located at 20 Vladimirsky Avenue. An architectural monument in a transition style merging Baroque with Classicism. The church was constructed on a trade square in 1761-69, presumably to the project of architect P. A
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Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
CHURCH OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS, located at 128 Ligovsky Avenue. An architectural monument. Constructed in 1747-49, in the Baroque style (architect I. Y. Schumacher). It replaced the wooden Church of St
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Holy Annunciation Church (Eighth Line of Vasilievsky Island)
HOLY ANNUNCIATION CHURCH located at 67 Eighth Line of Vasilievsky Island. An architectural monument in the Baroque style. The stone two-storeyed church was built in 1750-72, financed by merchants I. S. Chirkin and I. I
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Holy Ascension Church
HOLY ASCENSION CHURCH located at 34a Voznesensky Avenue. An architectural monument constructed in 1755-69 (architects A. F. Wist and A. Rinaldi) in a transitional style merging Baroque with Classicism
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Holy Assumption Church on Sennaya Square
HOLY ASSUMPTION CHURCH ON SENNAYA SQUARE, (common name - Saviour Church on Sennaya Square). The first wooden church, Procession of Holy Cross, was moved to Sennaya Square from Vyborgskaya Side in 1753
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Holy Trinity Cathedral in Krasnoe Selo
HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL in Krasnoe Selo, located at 108 Lenina Avenue, an architectural monument in the Baroque style of the reign of Anna Ioannovna. It was built in 1733-35 (architect I. Y. Blank)
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Kvasov A.V., architect
KVASOV Andrey Vasilyevich (circa 1718, St. Petersburg - after 1777), architect, master of Baroque. Brother of Alexey V. Kvasov. He studied at the Construction Office under the guidance of architect M.G. Zemtsov
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Laval, House of
LAVAL, HOUSE OF (4 Angliiskaya Embankment), an architectural monument of the Empire style. The first stone edifice was constructed on this place in 1719, in the middle of the 1730s it was reconstructed in the Baroque style for Count A.I
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SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
SS. PETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL (Cathedral of the Apostles Peter and Paul), an architectural monument in the style of the Petrine Baroque. The cathedral was constructed in 1712-33 (by architect D
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SS. Simon and Anna Church
SS. SIMON AND ANNA CHURCH, located at 46 Mokhovaya Street. An architectural monument, one of the oldest religious buildings in St. Petersburg. The church was constructed in 1731-34 (architect M. G
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SS. Zachariah and Elizabeth Church
SS. ZACHARIAH AND ELIZABETH CHURCH of Cavalry Guard Regiment, located at 22 Zakharyevskaya Street, an architectural monument. The first stone church for the staff of the Court Chancellery was constructed on this place in 1752-53
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St. Catherine’s Roman Catholic Church
ST. CATHERINE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, located on Nevsky Prospect, between buildings 32 and 34. An architectural monument, constructed in 1763-83 in a transitional style merging Baroque with early Classicism (architect J. B
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St. Isaac's Cathedral
ST. ISAAC'S CATHEDRAL, located at 1 St Isaac's Square, an architectural monument of late Classicism and the largest church in St. Petersburg. The first wooden church, which stood at the approximate location of the Bronze Horseman now
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St. Nicholas' Naval Cathedral
ST. NICHOLAS' NAVAL CATHEDRAL, St. Nicholas Cathedral of Epiphany, located at 1-3 Nikolskaya Square. An architectural monument in the Baroque style. Built in 1753-62 by architect S. I
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St. Panteleimon Church
ST. PANTELEIMON CHURCH, the Church of St. Panteleimon the Great Martyr and Healer located at 2a Pestelya Street/ 17 Solyanoy Lane. An architectural monument, consecrated in the name of St
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St. Sampson’s Cathedral
ST SAMPSON’S CATHEDRAL, located at 41 Bolshoy Sampsonievsky Avenue. An architectural monument, one of the oldest churches of St. Petersburg. Constructed in 1728-40 in the Baroque style of Anna Ioannovna on the site of a wooden church
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Troekurov's Chambers
TROEKUROV'S CHAMBERS (13 Sixth Line of Vasilievsky Island), an architectural monument of Peter's Baroque style. It was constructed in the first third of the 18th century for Peter the Great's stolnik (a Russian courtier inferior in rank to boyar) -
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CHURCH OF THE HOLY SIGN in Tsarskoe Selo (2a Sadovaya Street, Pushkin), an architectural monument in the Baroque style of the reign of Anna Ioannovna. It was built according to the plans of architect M. G. Zemtsov with the assistance of I. Y
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