COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
New Hermitage
Image View:
Context view, looking west along the south and entry elevation
Creator:
Leo von Klenze (German architect, 1784-1864); Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia (Russian patron, 1796-1855)
Location:
site: Saint Petersburg, Rossiya, Russia
Location Note:
Millionnaya Street
GPS:
+59.941213+30.317606
Date:
1840-1852 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Russian
Style Period:
Néo-Grec; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
art museum
Work Type 2:
atlas (supporting element)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone; granite; stucco
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Relation Work:
part of State Hermitage [complex]
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; decorative arts; Art museums; Museology
Description:
The building had to accommodate the existing Large Hermitage and went through several revisions (and disputes between Klenze and Vasily Stasov, the supervising architect for the entire Hermitage complex at the time). In the final layout, the southern side of the building, facing onto Millionnaya Street, became the main facade with the grand entrance accentuated by a portico with stone atlantes, carved from Serdobol granite to the designs of the sculptor Terebenev. Leo von Klenze gave the building erected in what he himself described as the "Neo-Grecian" style an austere, monumental appearance. The edifice is adorned by statues and bas-reliefs depicting famous artists, architects and sculptors of the past. The museum was opened to the public in February 1852. It was Russia's first public art museum. Source: State Hermitage Museum [website]; http://hermitagemus…
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
1A2-R-SP-H-6-A1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
New Hermitage
