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St. Petersburg: Architecture of the Tsars
Dmitri O. Shvidkovsky
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| #231270 in Books | Abbeville Press | 1996-10-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.35 x10.89 x12.66l,5.48 | File type: PDF | 360 pages | ||37 of 37 people found the following review helpful.| This is a wonderful book.|By A Customer|This is a beautiful book. The photographs are outstanding, and occasional old prints showing scenes as they appeared centuries ago lend welcome perspective. The well-written text presumes some knowledge of Russian history but can be enjoyed by anyone interested in this amazing city. Bravo!|0 of 0 people found the following review he|From Library Journal|St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful and architecturally imposing cities in the world. Photographer Orloff, whose work has appeared in major magazines, and Shvidkovsky, a member of the Russian Federation's Academy of Fine Arts, have p
Before becoming a city, St. Petersburg was a utopian vision in the mind of its founder, Peter the Great. Conceived by him as Russia's "window to the West," it evolved into a remarkably harmonious assemblage of baroque, rococo, neoclassical, and art nouveau buildings that reflect his taste and that of his successors, including Anna I, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, and Paul I.
Crisscrossed by rivers and canals, this "Venice of the North," as Goethe dubbed ...
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