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	Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli - ThePotentials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (* 1700, † 1771) war ein russischer Architekt und Baumeister italienischer Herkunft.
		Von Elisabeth wurde Rastrelli dann intensiv bei der Gestaltung von Sankt Petersburg eingesetzt.
		Von Rastrelli stammen viele Barock-Bauwerke in Sankt Petersburg, unter anderem das Stroganow-Palais, das Woronzow-Palais, das Smolny-Kloster und, teilweise, der Gostini Dwor (Grundriss).
	www.thepotentials.de /wiki/Bartolomeo_Francesco_Rastrelli (504 words)

	Smolny Cathedral. Cathedrals of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The convent was designed by the famous architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli who also designed the Winter Palace, and the construction of the convent began in 1749.
		Rastrelli did not see the construction works completed: in 1757, the construction was suspended because of the difficulties of the Seven Years' War.
		Although the construction works were not completed in Rastrelli's lifetime, Smolny Convent still remains one of the most important and integral works of Rastrelli and one of the most important architectural ensembles of the 18 th century.
	spbcity.info /eng/statiy/smolny.htm (479 words)

	Rastrelli F. B.
		The singer of Russian baroque, Rastrelli lived in Russia for some 50 years and created a style of his own in Russian architecture.
		During his life Rastrelli experienced both the delights of fame and the bitterness of oblivion.
		A gifted artist and architect, Rastrelli not only developed the traditions of European baroque but combined them with the traditions of early Russian architecture with its belfries and porches, and an abundance of gold decor and floraflora motifs in interior ornamentation.
	russia.rin.ru /guides_e/6042.html (650 words)

	Saint Andrew's Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Rastrelli and built under the direction of I. Michurin in 1747–53.
		Set on a hill above the Podil district on a cruciform foundation atop a two-story building, the church has a central dome flanked by four slender towers topped with small cupolas.
		The exterior is decorated with Corinthian columns, pilasters, and complex cornices designed by Rastrelli and made by master craftsmen, including the
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/S/A/SaintAndrewsChurch.htm (157 words)

	Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bartolomeo Rastrelli, costruito nel XVIII secolo dal migliori edifici di barocco italiano Esso fu progettato e che progettò molti dei geniale architetto San...
		Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli project of the ensemble (1675-1744) was born in and...
		The same architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, was also responsible for three Nevsky Prospekt: vicinity of the residences in the...
	bartolomeofglw.bihyjutpxe.info (497 words)

	Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, 1600–1800 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is uncertain where and how Peter displayed the amber panels, but in 1743, Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli uses them in spectacular combination with mirrors and chandeliers to create the extraordinary interior of the Amber Room in the Catherine Palace at Czarskoe Selo.
		Well versed in the traditions of Russia as well as Western Europe, Rastrelli is ideally qualified to create the pavilions, palaces, and interiors required by the pleasure-loving Elizabeth and her lively court.
		Rastrelli also plans glittering interiors for the palace’s hundreds of rooms; still preserved today is the Jordan Staircase, in which two stairways part from a landing above and rejoin below to create a superb setting for aristocratic watching and being watched.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/09/eue/ht09eue.htm (3881 words)

	Archictectural Ensembles
		Today’s Winter Palace, commissioned by Empress Elizabeth from the architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, is the fifth stone palace to have been built on the embankment of the Neva.
		The Anichkov Palace itself was built by Mikhail Zemtsov with the participation of Rastrelli in 1754, and reconstructed at the end of the 18th Century by Ivan Starov.
		The ensemble of Smolny Cathedral was constructed by the architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli in 1757.
	www.st-petersburg.ru /en/entertainment/sights/ensemble (3017 words)

	Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		'''Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli''' (1700-71) was the most important baroque architect working in Russia.
		The church of St Andrew in Kiev (1749-54) Rastrelli was appointed to the post of senior court architect in 1730.
		The new empress Catherine dismissed baroque architecture as an old-fashioned "whipped cream", and the aged architect had to retire to Courland where he supervised decoration of the ducal palaces.
	bartolomeo-rastrelli.kiwiki.homeip.net (529 words)

	Rastrelli, Bartolomeo Francesco
		When Empress Catherine II ascended the throne in 1762 Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli went into temporary retirement, in 1763 he was dismissed completely and left for Switzerland.
		Between late 1748 and 1756 during the reign of Empress Elizabeth I, Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli headed the construction of the Tzarskoje Selo residence.
		In 1750 - 1752 the Mon Bijou pavilion of Rastrelli's design was erected in the center of the Menagerie, in place of which the landscape part of the Alexander Park was later planned.
	eng.tzar.ru /history/architect/rastrelli (296 words)

	Peter the Great Part Two
		Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli was the chief architect for Elizaveta Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great.
		In 1745, Rastrelli was commissioned to rebuild the main palace at Peterhof (the basic structural work was completed in 1752, although decoration continued until 1755).
		The culmination of Rastrelli's work was his design for the Cathedral of the Resurrection at the Newmaiden Convent--commonly known as Smolny--from the Russian for "tar" because of its location near the site where tar had been stored for Peter's Navy.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~russ15/russia_PI/peter_great_pt2.html (1529 words)

	rastrelli bartolomeo ed altri architetti italiani in russia
		Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (nato nel 1700 circa) era figlio di uno scultore veneziano che aveva già lavorato per la corte russa.
		Rastrelli, tenendo conto delle particolari tradizioni locali che aveva approfondito durante alcuni viaggi, introdusse in Russia forme barocche occidentali sviluppando tuttavia un nuovo stile: il c.d.
		Rastrelli fu attento agli interni e non disdegnò di disegnare anche mobili e porte.
	www.arte-argomenti.org /schede/russia/rastrelli.html (460 words)

	[The History of the Hermitage] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This Winter Palace was the sixth winter palace to be built by the Russian imperial family and it would become the winter home of all the czars since Peter III (The Hermitage).
		Rastrelli, an Italian by birth, was born in Paris in the year 1700.
		The Smolny Monastery, the Peterhof Palace, and the Summer Palace of Elizabeth were just a few of the buildings Rastrelli worked on during his lifetime (Rastrelli, Bartolomeo Francesco).
	it.stlawu.edu /~rkreuzer/pmcguire/hermitage2.html (622 words)

	The King and Queen Ball
		It was designed by the architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli between 1752 and 1756.
		In the summer, the hall is penetrated by sunlight which plays on the gilding throughout the day, and in the evening 1696 lamps are lit on 36 chandeliers located near the mirrors, which made the impression of the hall more effective.
		The hall's sculptural and gilded carvings and the continuous ornamentation covering the walls were executed according to sketches by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli and models by the sculptor and decorator Johann Franz Dunker by 130 Russian woodcarvers.
	www.fantasyinternational.com /the_kings_ball.htm (317 words)

	Amber Room from Tsarskoe Syolo, Russia
		That year the Russian Empress Elisabeth the 1st let the Italian designer Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli to place the amber cover in one of the rooms of The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
		Rastrelli modified the whole cover in the typical Rococco style.
		The Amber Room was first open in 1746 in The Winter Palace, where it was housed till 1755; that year it was moved to the summer residence of the Russian Emperors at Tsarskoe Syolo.
	www.geo.uw.edu.pl /HOBBY/AMBER/amberroom.htm (669 words)

	Picture Gallery
		The Picture Hall is one of the formal rooms in the Catherine Palace, and was designed by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli in the 1750s.
		When placing the pictures on the walls, Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli did not take into account the themes of the paintings or nationality of the author, but merely the sizes and range of colours.
		They are framed by carved gilded caryatids, and in the centre of the supraportas, Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and war, patron of the arts and sciences, is depicted leaning on a mirror presented to her by a cupid.
	fortunecity.com /victorian/hornton/890/CatherinePalace/cathpicgall.html (611 words)

	Symphony Finder.com \| Find Performances by Orchestra, Composer, or State
		But then in 1772 came Antigona —and for whatever reason, whether it was Traetta's own inclination or the promptings of his librettist Marco Coltellini or the availability of the soprano Caterina Gabrielli, the new opera reached areas of feeling and intensity he had never explored before, even in Parma.
		The Court Opera of Catherine the Great performed in a theatre inside the Winter Palace itself, created by the architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli—another Italian—who was the architect of many buildings in St. Petersburg, including the Hermitage.
		Too close, in fact, because in 1783, that is to say some time after Traetta's departure, she ordered it to be closed and a new one built.
	symphonyfinder.com /comment/reply/698 (916 words)

	Winter Palace. Palaces of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1732, the architect Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli began the construction of the third Winter Palace facing the Neva and Palace Square.
		It was designed by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli and constructed in 1755 at the corner of Nevsky prospect and the Moika Embankment.
		It was designed by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli and constructed in 1754-1762.
	spbcity.info /eng/statiy/winter-palace.htm (414 words)

	Official Portal of the City Governement: Tsarskoe Selo
		A small stone ace (1717-23, architect Johann Friedrich Braunstein) was first built Peter I's wife, Empress Catherine I. Between 1752 and 1756, by order of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, the architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli united all the separate parts of the palace to create a single ensemble.
		The imposing Alexander Palace was erected between 1792 and 1800 by Giacomo Quarenghi for Catherine II's grandson, the future Emperor Alexander I. The architecture of the palaces blends harmoniously into the surrounding landscaped parks and gardens.
		The Catherine Park is punctuated with a host of pavilions (the Hermitage, the Grotto and the Admiralty), designed by such famous architects as Mikhail Zemtsov, Sabbas Chevakinsky, Antonio Rinaldi and Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli.
	eng.gov.spb.ru /culture/sights/suburbs/tsar (497 words)

	Embassy of the Russian Federation in Australia
		The Winter Palace, formerly the residence of Russian Emperors which was constructed between 1754 and 1762 after a design of Bartolomeo Rastrelli, occupies an important place amongst the other constructions of the overall Museum ensemble.
		In Tzarskoje Selo the full range of artistic styles is represented, from the Baroque (in buildings by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli) and Classical eras.
		The compositional center of the ensemble is the Catherine Palace, a magnificent baroque-style palace.
	www.australia.mid.ru /7_e.html (229 words)

	THE UPPER GARDENS : The Peterhof Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		During the same period, the parterre was adorned with statues, trellised arbours and galleries were created, and the enclosures took on their final shape.
		In the 1730s, the architects Blank and Davydov and the sculptor Bartolomeo Carlo Rastrelli continued the decoration of the Upper Gardens.
		The last major alteration in the layout and decor of the Gardens took place between 1754 and 1760, when Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, the architect, widened them to match the altered façade of the Great Palace, and built a monumental railing broken by the main gate.
	www.peterhof.org /parks/ind1.html (641 words)

	Alfamber - Articles - About Amber - Amber Room - the authentic story
		In 1755, when this building had to be replaced by a new Winter Palace built by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (1700-1771), Zarin Elisabeth gave the order to bring the Amber Room to Zarskoje Selo in order to use it to decorate the Summer Palace of the Zar.
		Rastrelli and his team therefor added aditional pieces to the room in such an artistic style that a stay in the room was considered to be the highest pleasure and Catharine II.
		Rastrelli ordered 24 large mirrors in Venice, of which 2 each bordered the 12 Amber panels.
	www.alfamber.com /shop/article_info.php?articles_id=24 (4111 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli: Catherine Palace (Tsarkoe Selo), 1742-56.
		Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli: Church of the Resurrection, Smolnyi Convent (St. Petersburg), 1748-64.
		Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli: Church of the Resurrection, Smolnyi Convent (St. Petersburg), 1748-64; Bell Tower, project, c.
	www.courses.psu.edu /art_h/art_h420_cxz3/images3.html (302 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Exhibitions
		Erected by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in the 1730s on the orders of Empress Anna Ioannovna, it had already been reconstructed several times.
		It did not, however, accord with Empress Elizabeth's ideas of an imperial residence and she ordered Rastrelli to put up a new palace in its place.
		Soon after the palace coup of 28 June 1762 that brought Catherine II to the throne, the chief architect was discharged.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/05/hm5_7_0.html (398 words)

	Russian art and architecture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A host of Western architects was imported for the enterprise and continued to work under successive reigns.
		The outstanding architect of the period was Conte Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli.
		Working in a rococo style, he designed the Winter Palace (now part of the Hermitage), Smolny Cathedral, and the facade at Peterhof, one of the most beautiful buildings in St. Petersburg.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ru/Russiana.html (1304 words)

	Rastrelli Bartolomeo Francesco Graf - Suchergebnisse - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Rastrelli Bartolomeo Francesco Graf - Suchergebnisse - MSN Encarta
		Rastrelli, Bartolomeo Francesco, Graf (1700-1771), italienischer Architekt und Bildhauer des Barock, der vor allem in Russland tätig war.
		Die Phase des Spätbarock und Rokoko, die in die Regierungszeit (1741-1762) der Zarin Elisabeth fiel, wurde in Petersburg von dem italienischen...
	de.encarta.msn.com /Rastrelli_Bartolomeo_Francesco_Graf.html (72 words)

	Amazon.com: "Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		During the same period, Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli redid the interior in a florid late baroque style (Figure 207), which stood until the end of 1941, when the...
		Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (1700-1771) defined the high Baroque style during the reigns of Anne and Elizabeth.
		Count Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (1700-71) was the greatest architect of the period.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Bartolomeo-Francesco-Rastrelli (562 words)

	Catherine's Palace and Park in Pushkin. St.Petersburg. Tours/Excursions. Russian St.Petersburg Tours
		In 1708-1724 Tsarskaya Mysa was the residence of Peter the Great's wife, the Empress Catherine I. From 1741 Tsarskoye Selo became the residence of the Empress Elizabeth and during her reign the architect Rastrelli created a magnificent Emperial Palace, a brilliant masterpiece of Russian baroque.
		On May 5, 1745, along with Trezini, Savva Chevakinsky was appointed to Tzarskoje Selo, and the latter oversaw the construction at Tzarskoje Selo until 1760.
		From the end of 1748 and through 1756, construction of the Tzarskoje Selo residence was directed by court architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli.
	www.russian-st-petersburg.com /4-tours-excursions/1-st-petersburg/10-pushkin.html (652 words)

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