Unincarnated Saint Petersburg. Architectural Projects Of The Early Twentieth Century
At the end of 2019, the State Museum Of History of St. Petersburg released a new album-catalog ‘Unincarnated Petersburg. Architectural projects of the early twentieth century’, based on the materials of the same named exhibition, held in September 2018 — January 2019 in the Peter and Paul Fortress.
The album-catalog contains project graphics from the collections of the State Museum of History of St. Petersburg, The Scientific-Research Museum of the Russian Academy Of Arts, the State Memorial Museum of A.V. Suvorov and the State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchusev. As well as projects of the State Duma building on the Field Of Mars, a ‘russian-style’ Stadium for 30 thousand people on Vatny Island, a Grand Concert Hall on the Neva River (built on the bulk continuation of the spit of Vasilievsky Island), a Military History Museum on Tavricheskaya street, the development of Goloday Island and other interesting documents.
With the permission of the Museum of History of St. Petersburg, ART Point Magazine publishes an introduction by the catalog’s author Lyudmila Kirikova, as well as some illustrations from the album.
Project of the concert hall at the spit of Vasilievsky island
View of The concert hall in the panorama of the Neva. Around the year 1900.
Reproduction from the magazine «Builder». March 1901
Private collection, Saint Petersburg © State Museum of History of Saint Petersburg
Design of the St. Petersburg metro by P. A. Belinsky and M. A. Werner
Paper, watercolor. State Museum Of history of Saint Petersburg no. I-A1557-a ° Press service of the State Museum Of History Of Saint Petersburg
Design of the St. Petersburg metro by P. A. Belinsky and M. A. Werner
Paper, ink, watercolor. State Museum Of history of St. Petersburg. no. I-A-1619-a © Press service of the State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg
The project of Boulevard on the site of the Catherine canal (now the Griboyedov canal)
Paper, ink, watercolor. The State Museum Of History Of Saint Petersburg no. I-A-131-I © Press service of the State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg
The State Duma on the Field of Mars
Reproduction from the Architect magazine. 1906. P. 32. State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg. 447066 © Press service of the State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg
The Vatniy Island
Ieronim Sevastyanovich Kitner (1839-1929). A bird’s-eye view of the stadium. 1914
Reproduction from «Construction And Architecture of Leningrad» magazine. 1979. No. 6. P. 38
Private collection, Saint Petersburg © Press service of the State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg
The Monument to the III Communist International (Tatlin Tower)
Reproduction from the book: Punin N. Monument of the third Communist international. 1920
State Museum Of history of St. Petersburg 295485/2 © Press service of the State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg
The Monument to V. I. Lenin on the Revolution Square (now Troitskaya square)
Reproduction from the book: Etkind M. Lenin speaks from an armored car. L.; M. 1958
Library Of The State Museum Of History Of Saint Petersburg © Press service of the State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg
Unincarnated Petersburg. Architectural projects of the early XX century:
album-catalog /The State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg; author-compiler L. A. Kirikova. —St. Petersburg: The State Museum Of History Of St. Petersburg, 2019. — 96 p.: coloured illustrations.
