Eighteenth-century estate design and theatrical illusion

Author

Roosevelt, Priscilla

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

New perspectives on Russian and Soviet artistic culture : selected papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990

Author (monograph)

Norman, John O. (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

New perspectives on Russian and Soviet artistic culture : selected papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990. 1994, 7-16, 4 ill.

Publisher

St. Martin's, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Examines the relationship between elite culture and theatricality in the contruction and use of imperial and private residences. Discusses the influences of Italian neo-classical revival architecture, brought to Russia by Italian architects, theater designers and perspectivist painters, who trained Russian artists such as Aleksei Belskii and Mikhail Makhaev. Compares British and Russian estates of the 18th c., showing that the Russian autocracy's determination to remake court and aristocratic culture in the image of their western counterpart elites resulted in the close interaction of architecture, landscaping, ritual, theater and public spectacle. It therefore became a political imperative to emulate the imperial court in this regard and to hire the best architects and designers to demonstrate one's public commitment to high culture and westernization. Among the designers and architects discussed are Charles Cameron, Giacomo Quarenghi, Pietro Gonzago, and Nikolai Lvov.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Russian Federation
• Country houses and châteaux
• Russian Federation
• 1700-1800
• Influence
• Architecture
• Italy
• Great Britain
• Comparison
• Neo-classicism
• Scenography
• Theater (genre)
• Cameron, Charles, ca.1743-1812
• Quarenghi, Giacomo, 1744-1817
• Gonzaga, Pietro di Gottardo, 1751-1831
• L'vov, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič, 1751-1803
• Interior decoration
• Italians
• British

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Russie, Fédération de
• Château
• Russie, Fédération de
• 1700-1800
• Influence
• Architecture
• Italie
• Grande-Bretagne
• Comparaison
• Néoclassicisme
• Scénographie
• Théâtre (genre)
• Cameron, Charles, v.1743-1812
• Quarenghi, Giacomo, 1744-1817
• Gonzaga, Pietro di Gottardo, 1751-1831
• L'vov, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič, 1751-1803
• Décoration intérieure
• Italiens
• Britanniques

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00344725

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