Holy Place

Architecture, Ideology, and History in Russia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

768 kr

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Beskrivning

The history of a building site in Moscow where Russian rulers since Alexander I have planned, constructed, and destroyed monuments of colossal proportionsThis book surveys two centuries of Russian history through a succession of ambitious architectural projects designed for a single construction site in central Moscow. Czars, Bolshevik rulers, and contemporary Russian leaders alike have dreamed of glorious monuments to themselves and their ideologies on this site. The history of their efforts reflects the story of the nation itself and its repeated attempts to construct or reconstruct its identity and to repudiate or resuscitate emblems of the past.In the nineteenth century Czar Alexander I began to construct the largest cathedral (and the largest building) in the world at the time. His successor, Nicholas I, changed both the site and the project. Completed by Alexander III, the cathedral was demolished by Stalin in the 1930s to make way for the tallest building in the world, the Palace of Soviets, but that project was ended by the war. During the Khrushchev years the excavation pit was transformed into an outdoor heated swimming pool—the world’s largest, of course—and under Yeltsin’s direction the pool was replaced with a reconstruction of the destroyed cathedral. The book explores each project intended for this ideologically-charged site and documents with 60 illustrations the grand projects that were built as well as those that were only dreamed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-12
Mått:156 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:526 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Yale University Press
ISBN:9780300110272

Utforska kategorier

Arkitektur inom Kultur
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Konstantin Akinsha is an independent scholar in Washington, D.C., and a contributing editor to ARTnews magazine. Grigorij Kozlov is a freelance art historian in Germany and a contributing editor to ARTnews magazine. Sylvia Hochfield lives in New York City and is editor at large for ARTnews magazine. Akinsha and Kozlov are the authors of Beautiful Loot: The Soviet Plunder of Europe's Art Treasures.

Recensioner i media

"The authors present, for the first time, the extraordinary story of construction, destruction, and then reconstruction of the central Moscow cathedral, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, effectively exploring the relationship between power and art in Russia and the Soviet Union. Full of vivid images and daring comparisons, they provide a valuable perspective on Russia today and in-depth insight that even the most serious analytical reports on Russia’s political, social, and cultural development under Putin do not offer." —Vlad Zubok, Temple University