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Reshaping Russian Architecture

Reshaping Russian Architecture

Reshaping Russian Architecture

Western Technology, Utopian Dreams
Editor:
William Craft Brumfield, Tulane University, Louisiana
William C. Brumfield, Blair A. Ruble, Milka Bliznakov, Manatole Kopp
Published:
July 1990
Availability:
Unavailable - out of print September 2006
Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780521394185

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    Reshaping Russian Architecture examines the development of twentieth-century Russian architecture as it relates to the transformation of the imperial Russia into an industrialized Soviet empire and shows how Western notions of style and technology were assimilated on a massive scale into a uniquely Russian vision.
    Among the issues examined in articles by four distinguished historians of architecture and urban planning are: the decline of imperial architectural design during the mid-nineteenth century as occasioned by fundamental changes in aesthetic values and the social structure; the denouncement of the European capitalist economic system and consequent rejection of modern urban architecture during the period immediately prior to the 1917 revolution; and utopian concepts of modern urban design that were implemented during the interwar years of phenomenal industrial development.
    An important contribution to our understanding of Russian and Soviet culture in a critical period of its evolution, Reshaping Russian Architecture will also appeal to those interested in modern architecture and urban planning in general.

    Reviews & endorsements

    "Reshaping Russian Architecture is something of an eclectic introduction to a fascinating topic. Well-illustrated, beautifully produced, it is to be welcomed as a substantial contribution to our appreciation of the architectural history of the city in Russia and the Soviet Union." James H. Bater, Canadian Slavonic Review

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    Product details

    July 1990
    Hardback
    9780521394185
    240 pages
    254 × 176 × 19 mm
    0.728kg
    100 b/w illus.
    Unavailable - out of print September 2006

    Table of Contents

    • List of illustrations
    • Acknowledgments
    • Editor's note
    • Introduction William C. Brumfield
    • 1. From Palace Square to Moscow Square: St Petersburg's century-long retreat from public space Blair A. Ruble
    • 2. Russian perceptions of American architecture, 1870-1917 William C. Brumfield
    • 3. Architectural design in Moscow, 1890-1917: innovation and retrospection William C. Brumfield
    • 4. Moscow's revolutionary architecture and its aftermath: a critical guide Blair A. Ruble
    • 5. The realization of Utopia
    • Western technology and Soviet avant-garde architecture Milka Bliznakov
    • 6. Foreign architects in the Soviet Union during the first two five-Year Plans Manatole Kopp
    • About the authors
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • William C. Brumfield, Blair A. Ruble, Milka Bliznakov, Manatole Kopp

    • Editor
    • William Craft Brumfield , Tulane University, Louisiana