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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Saint Petersburg, Rossiya, Russiaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1770-1777 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorFel'ten, Yuryen_US
dc.date1770-1777en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-16T15:24:15Z
dc.date.available2013-01-16T15:24:15Z
dc.date.issued1770-1777en_US
dc.identifier184232en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1656en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/91457
dc.descriptionContext view, showing the location of the church within the urban space; Fel'ten's finest work was executed in the 1770s and demonstrates his twin approach to classicism. His churches, such as St Catherine (1768-1771), the Armenian Church (1770-1777) and St Anne (1775-1779), all in St Petersburg, are enriched with sculpture, plasterwork and porticos, giving them a splendid and stately appearance. He preferred, however, a less ornamented style, using pilasters rather than columns. His career spanned the change from Baroque to Neo-classicism in Russia. [Grove Art Online] This building is decorated with an Ionic portico. In 1908-1909, the building was restored (the architect A. I. Tamanyan). In 1930, the church was closed, inner paintings and the iconostasis with images by artist K. L. Christinek were lost, the internal size of the building was reduced by the addition of new floors to house decorators' workshops. In 1993, the church was given back to the Armenian community. It was consecrated after the repairs on 12 July 2000. Source: Encyclopaedia of Saint Petersburg; http://www.encspb.ru/en/ (accessed 12/16/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone, stuccoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectsaintsen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleArmenian Churchen_US
dc.title.alternativeArmyanskaya tserkoven_US
dc.title.alternativeArmenian Church of Saint Catherineen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-FY-AC-A4en_US
vra.culturalContextRussianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypechurchen_US
dc.contributor.displayYury Fel'ten (Russian architect, ca. 1730-1801)en_US


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