Mosty, plotiny, kaskady / Bridges, Dams, Cascades [of Pavlovsk palace and park ensemble]; , ,

St. Petersburg: Pavlovsk, 2016. Saddle-stitched. The park around Pavlovsk Palace has almost as architectural and design masterpieces on a par with those of the palace itself, which is not surprising as the same great Western European and Russian architects and designers worked on both. In this compact but informative survey describes and illustrates spanning or abutting lakes and rivers in various styles by Charles Cameron, Carlo Rossi, Andrei Voronikhin, and Ivan Potolov giving an idea of the progression of styles from the late eighteenth century to the late nineteenth (e.g., neoclassical, empire, romantic, historicist). 29 p., 21 x 15 cm, approx. 20 color and b/w illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. Item #2374

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