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Title	Bolshoy Theatre
Alternate Title	Bolshoi Theater
View	Context view, showing the front portico
Work Type	buildings performing arts buildings theaters (buildings)
Style/Period	Baroque Revival Empire Nineteenth century
Creator Name	Kavos, Al'bert, 1801-1862
Creator Nationality	Russian
Contributors to Project	Bove, Osip Ivanovich, 1784-1834
Subject.work	architectural exteriors architectural interiors Performing arts
Country	Russia
City	Moscow
State/Province	Rossiya
Location.Notes	Theatre Square (Teatralnaya ploshchad 1)
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1821-1824 (creation); 1856 (alteration)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Subject Information	The Bolshoi Theatre's original name was the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, while the St. Petersburg Bolshoi Theatre (demolished in 1886), was called the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. Bove had a leading role in the creation of Moscows first regular ensemble, Theatre Square, built to a single overall plan. The main building in the square, the Bolshoy Theatre, was built (1821-1824) by Bove reworking a design by Andrey Mikhailov. In 1855-1856 Kavos won a competition to restore the facades and interiors of the Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow after a fire there. He retained the Empire-style facade but reworked the interiors in neo-Baroque style.
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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