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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.
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.
