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The architecture of Russia refers to the architecture of modern Russia as well as the architecture of both the original Kievan Rus', the Russian principalities, and Imperial Russia. Due to the geographical size of modern and Imperial Russia, it typically refers to architecture built in European Russia, as well as European influenced ...
The courtyard of the castle Wawel in Kraków. Polish Renaissance architecture is divided into three periods: The First period (1500–1550), is the so-called "Italian". Most of Renaissance buildings built at this time were by Italian architects, mainly from Florence including Francesco Fiorentino and Bartolomeo Berrecci.
The Renaissance architecture coexisted with the Gothic style in Bohemia and Moravia until the late 16th century (e. g. the residential part of a palace was built in the modern Renaissance style but its chapel was designed with Gothic elements). The façades of Czech Renaissance buildings were often decorated with sgraffito (figural or ornamental).
In Russia, Baroque art had a number of special features. [1] In Russia, the Renaissance did not fully develop in the same way as it did in Western Europe, particularly in Italy, due to specific socio-economic conditions. As a result, the personalisation of creativity necessary for the development of art as a history of artistic styles was not ...
Neoclassical architecture in Russia developed in the second half of the 18th century, especially after Catherine the Great succeeded to the throne on June 28, 1762, becoming Empress of Russia. Neoclassical architecture developed in many Russian cities , first of all St. Petersburg , which was undergoing its transformation into a modern capital ...
The State Hermitage Museum (Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, romanized: Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ]) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the largest collection of paintings in the world [3] [4].
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) The following is a list of notable Renaissance structures. Belgium Antwerp City Hall Czech Republic Château of Litomyšl Villa Belvedere in Prague Denmark Kronborg Castle Rosenborg Castle Børsen England Hampton Court Palace, from 1514 onwards Hengrave Hall, Suffolk Sutton Place, Surrey Elizabethan prodigy houses ...
Buildings and structures in Europe (11 C) I. International style architecture in Europe ... Renaissance architecture (6 C, 19 P) V.