A history of Russian exposition and festival architecture, 1700-2014
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A history of Russian exposition and festival architecture, 1700-2014
（Routledge research in architecture）
Routledge, 2019
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This collection of thirteen vignettes addresses several important episodes in the history of Russian temporary architecture and public art, from the royal festivals during the times of Peter the Great up to the recent venues including the Sochi Winter Olympics. The forms and the circumstances of their design were drastically different; however, the projects discussed in the book share a common feature: they have been instrumental in the construction of Russia's national identity, with its perception of the West - simultaneously, a foe and a paragon - looming high over this process. The book offers a history of multidirectional relationships between diplomacy, propaganda, and architecture.
Table of Contents
Introduction Part I (Prologue): 1700-1775. Westernization of Russia 1. Peter I: The Celebration as an Architectural Object 2. Architecture of Death: The Funeral of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna 3. The Post-Petrine Metamorphosis of Triumphant Military Celebrations Part II: 1829-1901. Industrial Revolution and the Search for the Sources of Russian Exceptionalism 4. Kremlin on the Trocadero: The Unexpected Claim to Modernity in Russian Architecture at the World's Fairs 5. Russian Domestic Expositions, 1829-1896, Through the Lenses of Domestic Critics 6. The "Russian Street" at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition Part III: 1925-1940. Revolution as Rapid Modernization 7. Objects-Organizers: The Monism of Things and the Art of Socialist Spectacle 8. Between Vanguard and Establishment: Boris Iofan's Two Pavilions-Paris 1937 and New York 1939 9. Temporary Architecture and Life-Building, 1925-1940 Part IV: 1958-1978. The Cold War and Westernization of the USSR under Khrushchev and Brezhnev 10. The Soviet Pavilion at Expo '58 and the Search for a Modern Socialist Style 11. The 1967 World Exposition in Moscow: In Search of a Project 12. The Soviet Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal: The Power and the Limits of a Symbol Epilogue 13. Ancient History and Present Day Politics in the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics
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