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hidden Monuments of history and culture | Belsky, Aleksey Ivanovich hidden The Hermitage pavilion (an ensemble of the Catherine Park) | |
The Hermitage pavilion, hidden in green foliage of the grove, with the Hermitage Canal, encircled it, was built in 1744-1746 to the design of the architect M.G. Zemtsov, it was not completed. The pavilion decoration was completed by F.-B ... | | The Hermitage pavilion, hidden in green foliage of the grove, with the Hermitage Canal, encircled it, was built in 1744-1746 to the design of the architect M.G. Zemtsov, it was not completed. The pavilion decoration was completed by F.-B. Rastrelli in 1749-1754. The sculpture decoration was made by I. Dunker, sculptors D.B. Djani and G.F. Partir. The rich wood engraving decorating doors, windows, mirror frames was made by wood-carvers P. Valyukhin, D. Sakulisny, I. Kanayev. The great hall plafond “The Feast on Olimp” and eight decorative compositions placed above the doors were painted by the artist D. Valeriani and his assistant A.I. Belsky, painting plafonds in side study-rooms and galleries were made by A. Perezinotti. Two wooden bridges across the Hermitage Canal were constructed by the sluice master I. Schmidt. Refined architecture of the Hermitage, opening suddenly for eyes, which dome was crowned with the sculpture group “The Abduction of Proserpina”, rich decorated with gilded scultures outside and with painting inside, was typical for pleasure constructions of Baroque style gardens. Wonders were prepared for visitors inside the pavilion where lifting tables with special serving mechanisms made it possible to laid the table without servants and to transform the dining room in the dance hall. Banquets for noble foreigners, balls for courtiers and children’s festivals for the Empress’s grand sons were held here. Interiors and historical lift mechanisms of the pavilion were survived and now they are accessible for visitors after the restoration completed in 2010 for the 300-years anniversary of Tsarskoye Selo.
Persons Belsky, Aleksey Ivanovich Dunker Johann Franz Kanayev, I. Partir, G.-F. Rastrelli Francesco de Sakulisny, D. Shmit, I. Valeriani Giuseppe Valyukhin, P. Zemtsov Mikhail Grigorievich
| | | | hidden The Tower Ruin , a monument | |
The town of Pushkin. The Catherine Park, near the Ramp Alley and the Gatchina Gate.Architect: Yury Matveyevich Velten (1730-1801)Painter: Aleksey Ivanovich Belsky (1726-1796)The Tower Ruin was constructed in 1771-1773 ... | | The town of Pushkin. The Catherine Park, near the Ramp Alley and the Gatchina Gate. Architect: Yury Matveyevich Velten (1730-1801) Painter: Aleksey Ivanovich Belsky (1726-1796) The Tower Ruin was constructed in 1771-1773. Materials: brick, plaster, wall-painting al fresco was used for the tower, Serdobol granite was used for the socle, Pudost stone was used for the archivolt, white marble was used for the the key-stone with the inscription. The inscription was carved on the key-stone with the Old-Russian letters: In memory of the war declared on Russia by the Turks, this stone was set in place in 1768. The monumental construction is the huge Doric column, coreless inside, with the abacus used as a view ground. The wall as a ramp, marked with a blind semicircular arch from the northern side, joins to the tower from the eastern side. In the key-stone there is a marble block with the inscription remembered about the beginning of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. The construction work was done under supervising of the architect assistant I.M. Sitnikov from 3 June 1771 to the end of building season in 1773. Outside walls were painted by A.I. Belsky, with carving the plaster and cracks for the imitation of the destroying of the brickwork. Depicting of the Tower Ruin became one of the popular plots of the Tsarskoye Selo landscapes. The restoration of the pavilion-monument done during many years was finished in 2006. The high of the monument is 21 metres.
Persons Belsky, Aleksey Ivanovich Felten Yury (Georg Friedrich) Matveevich Sitnikov, I.M.
Addresses Ekaterininsky Park/Pushkin, town вблизи Рамповой аллеи и Гатчинских ворот
| | | | hidden The Upper Bath pavilion (an ensemble of the Catherine Park) | |
This building with the early Classical style facades, originally named “the bathing place for members of the Imperial family”, was built in 1777-1779 by the architect I.V. Neyelov ... | | This building with the early Classical style facades, originally named “the bathing place for members of the Imperial family”, was built in 1777-1779 by the architect I.V. Neyelov. The location of the pavilion on the third upper terrace of the Old Garden let to include the pavilion in the panorama of the Mirror Pond and the Half-Moon Pond and the Cameron Gallery. The well-decorated interior was painted by the painter – decorator A.I. Belsky with fresco scenes of the attic myth about Phaethon and Helios. Engravings, based on the drawings of F. Smuglevich and V. Brenna which was done from Emperor Nero’s Golden House paintings in Rome, were used for frescos’ basis. Inside there was a cloakroom, sweating-room, bathroom, room of a boiler-man. All rooms were not large. The central octahedral hall was used for resting. The first museum of Tsarskoye Selo was opened here in 1910 for the 200-years anniversary of Tsarskoye Selo. Since that year pavilion became to name the Upper Bath, it was likely considered more euphonic than “mylnya (wash-house)”. The building was burned during World War II and the fascists occupation of Pushkin Town in 1941-1944. The restoration and renewal were done in 1952-1954 to the design of the architect S.M. Novopolsky. The artist A.M. Treskin restored the lost painting of interiors.
Persons Belsky, Aleksey Ivanovich Brenna, V. Neelov Ilya Vasilievich Novopolsky, S.M. Novopoltsev, S.M. Treskin, A.M.
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