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“Nevsky prospect” *,** - the central artery in the spatial composition of the city. The range of styles spans from the mid-18th century Baroque to the Art Nouveau of the early 20th century, but with a predominance of excellent classical buildings. |
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“The Waterfronts of Saint Petersburg” *,** - a sightseeing tour by river boat through the center of the city with beautiful views of palaces and mansions mirrored in the water. |
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“Literary Saint Petersburg” *,** - excursion into the inner city: Saint Petersburg as a myth of Russia’s modem culture, the setting for the literature of Pushkin and Gogol, Dostoevsky and Belinsky, for the music of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. |
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“History of Foreign Influence” *,** - examination of European influence on the architectural development of the city: Italian, French, Swiss, English and German. |
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“The Style of Northern Art Nouveau in Saint Petersburg” *,** - a unique interpretation of the most sophisticated architectural style under a strict influence of classical traditions. |
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“Architectural and Artistic Vanguard of the 1920s and 1930s — ideas and realizations. Leningradian version of constructivism” *,** - the most revolutionary and free style in the history of architecture was also limited by severe classical boundaries. |
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“Architecture of the I930s-1950s — Stalin’s monumental neo-classicism” *,** - a foreign classicism in the architectural capital of classicism. |
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“Buildings of worship in Saint Petersburg — Churches of various denominations” *,** - a representation of churches of all kinds of religions. |
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“Architecture of the 20th century” *,** - a history of the world leading and most utopian architectural style: its fall from summit into an abyss of primitive functionalism and erzatz non-style. |
