O. A. Chekanova

Karl Rossi (Carl Rossi)

St. Petersburg: Stroiizdat, 1994. Sewn cl. This concise survey follows Rossi’s career as the chief architect of St. Petersburg's great neoclassical ensembles. The son of an Italian sculptor, Rossi became the favorite architect of Alexander I, and his works of the early nineteenth century — The Alexander Theater, the Ministry of Education, the Michael Palace (now the Russian Museum), Yelagin Palace, and many others — turned St. Petersburg into one of the most elegantly designed capitals of Europe. 192 pp., 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 ins., 83 b-&-w illus., 21 color, sewn cl., Rus. with summary and list of illus. in ENGLISH. Item #3780

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