Petrine Baroque

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Petrine Baroque is an early 18th-century architectural style that blended Western European Baroque with Russian traditions, prominently developed in St. Petersburg under Peter the Great.

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Petrine Baroque canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque architecture
architectural style
developedUnder Peter the Great
differsFrom more ornate Italian High Baroque
followedBy Elizabethan Baroque
hasApproximateEndTime circa 1730s
hasApproximateStartTime circa 1703
hasCenter Kronstadt
Petergof
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
hasCharacteristic brick facades with painted plaster details
emphasis on vertical proportions
regular street-front facades
relatively modest ornamentation compared to High Baroque
restrained Baroque decoration
stepped gables and simple pediments
symmetrical compositions
tall, narrow windows
use of light, often pastel, facade colors
use of pilasters and simple cornices
use of rustication on lower stories
hasContext associated with the founding of Saint Petersburg
linked to Peter the Great’s Westernization reforms
hasCountryOfOrigin Russia
hasNotableArchitect Domenico Trezzini
Georg Johann Mattarnovy
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond
Mikhail Zemtsov NERFINISHED
hasNotableBuilding Menshikov Palace in Saint Petersburg
Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
surface form: Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg

Peter and Paul Fortress
surface form: Peter and Paul Fortress structures

Twelve Collegia building in Saint Petersburg
early buildings of the Summer Garden in Saint Petersburg
hasPatron Peter the Great
hasPrimaryCity St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
hasTimePeriod early 18th century
influencedBy Dutch Baroque
Central European Baroque
surface form: German Baroque

Russian architectural traditions
Baroque
surface form: Western European Baroque
languageOfTerm English
namedAfter Peter the Great
partOf Russian Baroque architecture
surface form: Russian Baroque
usedFor churches
government buildings
palaces
urban residential buildings

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Domenico Trezzini movement Petrine Baroque
Domenico Trezzini architecturalStyle Petrine Baroque
Grand Palace architecturalStyle Petrine Baroque
subject surface form: Grand Palace (Peterhof)
Mikhail Zemtsov movement Petrine Baroque
Mikhail Zemtsov architecturalStyle Petrine Baroque
Twelve Collegia building era Petrine Baroque
Russian Baroque architecture substyle Petrine Baroque
Strelna Palace architecturalStyle Petrine Baroque