Aleksandrinsky Theater

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Title	Aleksandrinsky Theater
Alternate Title	Pushkin Theater
View	Detail showing a niche with statue, west elevation
Work Type	buildings performing arts buildings theaters (buildings)
Style/Period	Empire Neoclassical Nineteenth century
Creator Name	Rossi, Karl Ivanovich, 1775-1849
Creator Nationality	Russian
Contributors to Project	Pimenov, Stepan, 1784-1833
Subject.work	architectural exteriors architectural interiors music mythology (Classical) Apollo (Greek deity) quadriga Corinthian columns
Subject.image	niche statue
Country	Russia
City	Saint Petersburg
State/Province	Rossiya
Location.Notes	Theatre Square (Teatralnaya ploshchad; 1816-1820) and Teatralnaya Street (1827-1834), now Rossi Street (Ulitsa Zodchevo Rossi)
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1827-1832 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Subject Information	Rossi worked particularly long and hard (1816-1832) on an ensemble that is centred on the Aleksandrinsky (now called the A. S. Pushkin Academy Theatre) Theatre , one that incorporated a grand system of new streets and squares. The north side faces Nevsky Prospekt; then comes the theatres main faade; behind is Teatralnaya (now Rossi) Street, linking the square on the south side of the theatre with the semicircular Chernyshov (now Lomonosov) Square, which opens towards the Fontanka. Another innovation was the metallic decoration to the ceilings of the Aleksandrinsky Theatre. The portico of the main facade has six Corinthian columns, topped by a sculptural group by Stepan Pimenov, of Apollo, patron of the arts, driving a chariot harnessed to four horses. It is one of several quadrigas designed by Pimenov and the sculptor Vasily Demut-Malinovsky for Rossi buildings in St. Petersburg.
Information.source	Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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