| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin, Rossiya, Russia) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1718-1741 (creation); 1751-1756 (alteration) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Rastrelli, Bartolomeo Francesco | en_US |
| dc.creator | Trezzini, Domenico | en_US |
| dc.creator | Chevakinsky, Savva | en_US |
| dc.date | 1718-1741 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-29T18:20:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-29T18:20:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1718-1741 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 188517 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1696 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/97053 | |
| dc.description | Catherine Palace, south elevation, frontal view showing the right lateral pediment framing the central block; Elizabeth I, having been proclaimed Empress, decided to reconstruct the estate: the architects Mikhail Zemtsov, Andrey Kvasov, Domenico Trezzini and Savva Chevakinsky rebuilt the palace as five buildings connected by galleries. The ensemble was again remodelled in 1751-1756, under the supervision of Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli, who created a majestic architectural composition. A central façade of immense length (300 m ), unbroken by any significant projection or change in height, was painted turquoise with an abundance of white and gold: the roof was silvered. Foreign visitors described it as a ‘gigantic jewel’. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/17/2009) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone; stucco; paint; gilding | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | rulers and leaders | en_US |
| dc.subject | Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eighteenth century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Baroque | en_US |
| dc.title | Tsarskoye Selo; Catherine Palace | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Yekaterininsky Palace | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-R-SP-TS-1-A12 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Russian | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) carving (processes) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | historic site | en_US |
| vra.worktype | palace | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (Italian architect, 1700-1771); Domenico Trezzini (Swiss architect, ca. 1670-1734); Savva Chevakinsky (Russian architect, 1713- ca. 1780) | en_US |
