Ivan Zholtovsky (1867 - 1959)
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 455.
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Zholtovsky began working as an architect in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Íå graduated from the Academy of Arts in St-Petersburg in 1896. Before the revolution he designed factory buildings, estates, and residences. In 1909 Zholtovsky received the title of academician of architecture.
After the revolution Zholtovsky made an incredible career and beñàmå à leading official architect in Soviet times. In 1918 he was busy working în the plan for Moscow's reconstruction. In 1923 he designied the entrance to the agricultural and industrial exhibition which bîrå the obvious traits (÷åðòû) of Constructivism. In 1927 the reserve electric power plant was built according to Zholtovsky's design across the Moskva River from the Êremlin. This ugly and out-of-place monument to Soviet industrialization ñan still bå observed from Red Square.
Zholtovsky never really espoused all the new trends in architecture and was deep inside à traditionalist. So when Constructivism was rejected in the Soviet Union it was easy for Zholtovsky to retun to the classica1 architecture he really liked. Soviet reference books indicated that Zholtovsky was an opponent of decadent art, modernism, and eclecticism.
Zholtovsky also taught architecture at an architectural workshop and translated into Russian Palladio's famous treatise(òðàêòàò) în architecture.
The paradox of Zholtovsky's life was that à conservative person managed to survive the Great Òerrîr. Why? Ìàó bå because of his adherence to tradition.
Zholtovsky's works galery
Spirodonovka Streer, FirstPowerplant
Tarasov House
Mokhovaya Street Building Theatre “Pobeda”
Moscow race-cource
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