Description
Little is known of Russian architects' in-depth engagement with Ibero-Islamic architecture, especially the medieval Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra in Granada, in the so-called Moorish Revival. This study, rich in material, analyzes 19th-century Orientalizing buildings and interiors in St. Petersburg and traces the routes by which the formal vocabulary of the Alhambra reached Russia from Spain. Incorporating essential aspects of Russian cultural history and 19th-century European notions of the Orient, it shows that Russian architects and the Imperial Academy of Arts were among the pioneers of the Moorish Revival.
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The first examination of St. Petersburg's Orientalizing architecture in a pan-European context
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Russian architects as pioneers of the Moorish Revival
About the Author
Katrin Kaufmann, promovierte Kunsthistorikerin, arbeitete in der Denkmalpflege und forscht aktuell zu historistischer Architektur und Glasmalerei
Book Information
ISBN 9783110710656
Author Katrin Kaufmann
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint De Gruyter
Publisher De Gruyter
Weight(grams) 1287g
