Church of the Consolation of all Sorrows
Bazhenov, Vasily; Bove, Osip
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Alternative Title
Tserkov Bogomateri Vsekh Skorbyashchikh Radost
Date
1833Description
Portal to the small south portico; The fire of 1812 destroyed much of the city, and a basic plan for reconstruction was prepared by the Commission for Construction in Moscow under Osip Bove in 1817. The increase in building directly on to streets, the style of façades, the simplification of forms, together with standardization of decoration, demonstrate a clear trend in urban planning, consolidated as the Muscovite Empire style. Both the church and a Neoclassical mansion opposite belonged to the Dolgov family. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/23/2009)
Type of Work
churchSubject
architectural exteriors, Neoclassical, Empire
Rights
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