A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow Classicism

Authors

  • Julia Klimenko Scientific Research Institute of the Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning; MArchI; ICOMOS; Russian Society for the Study of the XVIII Century

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.61.1514

Keywords:

embellishment; town planning art; Russian classicism; French neoclassicism; Empire style; adjustment of urban space

Abstract

In the history of Moscow classicism there were many unsuccessful attempts to create regular squares. In the modern historical center of Moscow there are a lot of squares, which are actually intersections or carfaxes. The article analyzes the architectural policies from Catherine II to Alexander I. The study of the discovered archival documents makes it possible to compare them with the experience of Western European urban planning of the age of Enlightenment.

How to Cite

Klimenko, J. (2019). A Square or a Crossroads? The Vernacular in Urban Policy of Moscow Classicism. Project Baikal, 16(61), 126–131. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.61.1514

Published

2019-08-29

Issue

No. 61 (2019): small and historic

Section

Articles

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