Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Strelka [area]
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Strelka [area]
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Image View:
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Building on the north side of the complex, detail
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Creator:
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Thomas de Thomon (French architect, ca. 1754 -1813)
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Location:
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site: Saint Petersburg, Rossiya, Russia
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Location Note:
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Vasilevskiy Island
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Date:
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ca. 1805-1810 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Russian
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Style Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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rostral column
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Work Type 2:
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dock
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Work Type 3:
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park (recreation area)
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Classification:
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landscape architecture
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Material:
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stone; paving
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Technique:
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construction (assembling); gardening
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; cityscapes; City planning; spit of land; point; tip
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Description:
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Thomon also laid out the surrounding area [streets and building blocks] at the tip (strel?ka) of the Vasily [Vasilevskiy Island] with granite quays and ramps, siting a pair of rostral columns there to serve as lighthouses. Opposite the exchange building on the Neva, de Thomon designed a semicircular overlook with circular ramps descending to a jetty projecting into the river. This formal approach, is framed by the two rostral columns centered on the portico of the Stock Exchange. Many of the scheme?s elements, including the columns, may be found in contemporary French academic projects, but Thomon?s composition is memorably impressive and forms one of the most characteristic features of St Petersburg?s inner townscape. Strel?ka is variously translated as "spit" or "little arrow." Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Four
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Identifier:
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1A2-R-SP-S-B2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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