Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Alexander Column
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Alexander Column
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Alternate Title:
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Aleksandrovskaya Kolonna
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Image View:
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The column summit, showing an angel holding a cross and pointing upwards
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Creator:
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August Ricard de Montferrand (Russian architect, 1786-1858); Boris Orlovsky (Russian sculptor, 1792-1837)
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Location:
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site: Saint Petersburg, Rossiya, Russia
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Location Note:
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Palace Square
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GPS:
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+59.939050+30.315781
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Date:
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1829-1834 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Russian
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Style Period:
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Neoclassical; Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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monument
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Work Type 2:
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column (architectural element)
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone (red granite); bronze
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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47.5 m (height)
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Subjects:
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military; war; rulers and leaders; Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 ; Angels; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; memorial victory column
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Description:
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Montferrand?s main structures in the classical style, the Lobanov-Rostovsky house (1817-1820), St Isaac?s Cathedral (1818-1858) and the Alexander Column (1829-1834), played an important role in the new layout of St Petersburg planned by Karl Rossi, reflecting the outburst of triumphalism following the defeat of Napoleon. The Alexander Column in Palace Square, a memorial to the victory over Napoleon, is also linked to such famous models as Pompey?s Pillar in Alexandria, the Trajan and Antonine columns in Rome and the Column of the Great Army in the Place Vendôme, Paris. It is the tallest column in the world (47.5 m or 155 ft 8 in). The column is topped with a statue of an angel holding a cross (bronze, 1832-1834) by Russian sculptor Boris Orlovsky. [Grove] It was an engineering feat; the column is a single piece of red granite, 25.45 m (83 ft 6 in) long and about 3.5 m (11 ft 5 in) in diameter. The granite monolith was obtained from Virolahti, Finland and in 1832 transported by sea to Saint Petersburg, on a ba
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Four
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Identifier:
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1A1-MAR-AC-A6
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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