A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow Classicism
In the history of Moscow classicism there were many unsuccessful attempts to create regular squares. In the modern historical center of Moscow there are a lot of squares, which are actually intersections or carfaxes. The article analyzes the architectural policies from Catherine II to Alexander I. T...
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Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences
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| description | In the history of Moscow classicism there were many unsuccessful attempts to create regular squares. In the modern historical center of Moscow there are a lot of squares, which are actually intersections or carfaxes. The article analyzes the architectural policies from Catherine II to Alexander I. The study of the discovered archival documents makes it possible to compare them with the experience of Western European urban planning of the age of Enlightenment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b1e27b1703a43399f87564edd48cd662022-12-21T20:21:08ZrusRussian Academy of Architecture and Construction SciencesПроект Байкал2307-44852309-30722019-08-011661A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow ClassicismJulia Klimenko0Scientific Research Institute of the Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning; MArchI; ICOMOS; Russian Society for the Study of the XVIII CenturyIn the history of Moscow classicism there were many unsuccessful attempts to create regular squares. In the modern historical center of Moscow there are a lot of squares, which are actually intersections or carfaxes. The article analyzes the architectural policies from Catherine II to Alexander I. The study of the discovered archival documents makes it possible to compare them with the experience of Western European urban planning of the age of Enlightenment.http://projectbaikal.com/index.php/pb/article/view/1514embellishment; town planning art; Russian classicism; French neoclassicism; Empire style; adjustment of urban space |
| spellingShingle | Julia Klimenko A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow Classicism Проект Байкал embellishment; town planning art; Russian classicism; French neoclassicism; Empire style; adjustment of urban space |
| title | A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow Classicism |
| title_full | A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow Classicism |
| title_fullStr | A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow Classicism |
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| title_short | A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow Classicism |
| title_sort | square or a crossroads the vernacular in urban policy of moscow classicism |
| topic | embellishment; town planning art; Russian classicism; French neoclassicism; Empire style; adjustment of urban space |
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