Dmitri O. Shvidkovsky
Autor de St. Petersburg: Architecture of the Tsars
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Obras de Dmitri O. Shvidkovsky
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Shvidkovskiĭ, Dmitriĭ Olegovich
Швидковский, Дмитрий Олегович - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1959-05-14
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Russia
- Ocupaciones
- architectural historian
- Organizaciones
- Institute of Architecture of Moscow
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Miembros
- 99
- Popularidad
- #191,538
- Valoración
- 4.3
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 4
- Idiomas
- 1
Crisscrossed by rivers and canals, this "Venice of the North," as Goethe dubbed it, is of unique beauty. Never before has that beauty been captured as eloquently as on the pages of this sumptuous volume. From the stately mansions lining the fabled Nevsky Prospekt to the magnificent palaces of the tsars on the outskirts of the city, including Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo, Oranienbaum, Gatchina, and Pavlovsk, photographer Alexander Orloff's portrait of St. Petersburg does full justice to the vision of its founder and namesake. The text, by art historian Dmitri Shvidkovsky, chronicles the history of the city's planning and construction from Peter the Great's time to the reign of the last tsar, Nicholas II. Anyone who has ever visited--or dreamed of visiting--the city of "white nights" will find St. Petersburg irresistible.… (más)