New materials regarding research in the fields of architecture and urban construction are being presented. The authors also focus on the history of the creation of little-known buildings of interest, on the development of local architectural traditions, on new attributions, and introduce recently discovered archive materials. A number of papers are dedicated to the issues of architectural and urban planning development of historical towns and cities or study the formation of architectural ensembles. The edition also includes papers that are devoted to theoretical historical-architectural problems, to biographies of architects, or analyze artistic approaches and concepts.
Issue 70
A. E. Ukhnalev.
Palladian Designs in the work of Yury Felten and His Workshop. On the Stylistic Pluralism in Architecture of the Catherine II Time
The article explores the coexistence of different styles in the architecture of the Catherine II time on the examples of the Palladian works by D. Quarenghi and by the architects who worked in the style of “Louis XVI”: Y. Felten and his associates. The given examples illustrate not only multiple intersections of different stylistic trends, but also an easy change of style depending on the particular task or on the samples indicated by the Empress, up to direct copying of the projects by trending European architects, even though their work was stylistically strange.
The given examples give new grounds for considering the significance of the English designs, above all the works of R. Adam, for Russian architecture. As pointed out in the article, the Empress-stimulated appeal to the English standards became relevant for Y. Felten and his associates, who worked in the French style.
Keywords:
Y. Felten, D. Quarenghi, R. Adam, project, sample, style, Palladian samples, Catherine II.
Ukhnalev Andrei Evgenievich,
Ph. D. in art history, Scientific Research Institute of the Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning (branch of the Central Institute for Research and Design of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation), leading research fellow.
E-mail: andrey-ukhnalev@yandex.ru
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