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 71
M. N. Mikishatiev.
The Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg. On the 250th Anniversary of Vasily Petrovich Stasov. Part Two
The paper represents the second part of the essay, dedicated to the history and architecture of the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Built in the mid-18th century after the design of M. G. Zemtsov, P. A. Trezzini and F. B. Rastrelli, the cathedral burned down in 1825 and was restored by V. P. Stasov. The history of the 1827–1829 reconstruction is briefly described. The work is mainly devoted to the analysing the architecture and the decor. The paper focuses on the composition aspects and on the cathedral’s historical significance in the further development of church architecture of the first half of the 19th century.
Keywords:
V. P. Stasov, the Transfiguration Cathedral, Petersburg, province, Baroque, the Empire style.
Mikishatiev Mikhail Nikolaevich,
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), senior research fellow.
E-mail: mihnikmik@mail.ru
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