| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Saint Petersburg, Rossiya, Russia | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1764-1767 (creation); 1858 (alteration) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Catherine II, Empress of Russia | en_US |
| dc.creator | Vallin de La Mothe, Jean-Baptiste Michel | en_US |
| dc.creator | Fel'ten, Yury | en_US |
| dc.creator | Stakenschneider, Andrei Ivanovich | en_US |
| dc.date | 1764-1767 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-29T16:21:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-29T16:21:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1764-1767 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 188095 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1684 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/96631 | |
| dc.description | Context view, looking southeast from the Neva River, showing location just east of the Winter Palace; The new style of Catherine’s reign determined not only the aesthetic features of architecture [the shift from Baroque to Neoclassic] but also the nature of the buildings. One of the first that she commissioned was a ‘hermitage’ in St Petersburg, where, following the fashion of contemporary European monarchs, she could enjoy a somewhat more informal and private existence. This was Vallen de la Motte’s original building, the Small Hermitage (1764-1767). The Small Hermitage demonstrates Vallen de la Motte’s mastery of Neo-classicism. The [southern] sides of the building, which adjoins Rastrelli’s Winter Palace, are articulated so as to complement Rastrelli’s Rococo façades, but the river façade [Northern Pavilion] is a Neo-classical composition, based on the combination of a portico of six free-standing Ionic columns with statues along its sides, a severe entablature and delicate enrichment of the walls. The Pavilion Hall of the Small Hermitage [Northern Pavilion], one of the finest rooms in the Palace complex, was created to a design (1858) by Andrei Stakenschneider. Combining Renaissance, Gothic and Oriental motifs, the architect created a light and airy white-and-gold room. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/16/2009) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone; stucco; 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 | Neoclassical | en_US |
| dc.title | Small Hermitage | 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-H-4-A1 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Russian | en_US |
| vra.technique | carving (processes) construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | palace | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider (Russian architect, 1802-1865); Catherine II, Empress of Russia (Russian patron, 1729-1796); Jean-Baptiste Michel Vallin de La Mothe (French architect, 1729-1800); Yury Fel'ten (Russian architect, ca. 1730-1801) | en_US |
