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The architecture and planning of classical Moscow : a cultural history

Title: The architecture and planning of classical Moscow : a cultural history / Albert J. Schmidt.
Author: Schmidt, Albert J.
Publication: Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1989.

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Description

xiii, 218 pages : illustrations; 32 cm.

Series Statement

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, 0065-9738 ; v. 181

Uniform Title

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 181.

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Note

Ill. on lining papers.
Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 202-208.

Contents

The architectural world of the late eighteenth century -- Moscow before classicism -- Planning classical Moscow 1762-1812: the task and the resources -- Planning classical Moscow 1762-1812: plans and more plans -- Construction in Moscow's city center before 1812 -- Moscow's thoroughfares before 1812 -- Classical Moscow's emergence along the Boulevard Ring and beyond before 1812 -- Planning a new classical Moscow after the great fire -- A new Moscow emerges after 1812: the central plazas and radial thoroughfares -- The outer reaches of the new classical Moscow: The Boulevard and garden rings and beyond -- Epilogue: the classic after 1830.

ISBN

0871691817
9780871691811

LCCN

88071549

OCLC

ocm19531154
19531154
SCSB-9013264

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library