| Ivan Starov |
Article Index for Ivan |
Website Links For Ivan |
Information AboutIvan Starov |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT IVAN STAROV | |
| russian architects | |
| starov, ivan yegorovich | |
| neoclassical architects | |
| people from saint petersburg | |
| starov, ivan | |
| 1745 births | |
| 1808 deaths | |
|
Ivan Yegorovich Starov () ( 1745 – 1808 ) was a Russia n architect from St. Petersburg who devised the master plans for Yaroslavl , Voronezh , Pskov , Dnipropetrovsk , Mykolaiv , and many other towns in Russia and Ukraine . His radial urban master plan for Yaroslavl, cleverly highlighting dozens historic churches and towers, is recognized as one of the World Heritage Site s. Starov was one of the first graduates of the Moscow University College ( 1755 – 1758 ) and of the Imperial Academy Of Arts (1758– 1762 ). He continued his education in Paris (1762– 1767 ) and Rome (1767– 1768 ), becoming apprenticed to some of the most fashionable architects of his day. Back in Russia, he delivered lectures in the Academy of Arts, which nominated him academician ( 1769 ) and professor ( 1785 ). Starov held the post of the principal architect of St. Petersburg between 1772 and 1774 . After that, he worked extensively for Prince Potemkin , helping him to found the major cities of New Russia . WORKS Apart from urban planning, Starov was a leading representative of the early Neoclassical Architecture in Russia. His major projects chronicle the transition of National Architecture from the late Rinaldi esque baroque of the 1760s to the magnificent Neoclassical palaces of the 1780s :
(1781).]]
EXTERNAL LINK
|
|
|