The Great Gate of Kiev design

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The Great Gate of Kiev design is an architectural sketch by Russian artist Viktor Hartmann that inspired the triumphant finale of Modest Mussorgsky’s piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition."

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instanceOf architectural design
architectural sketch
alsoKnownAs The Bogatyr Gates (in Kiev) NERFINISHED
The Great Gate of Kiev (Hartmann design) NERFINISHED
associatedWith 19th-century architecture
Pictures at an Exhibition NERFINISHED
Russian art
commissionedFor competition for a city gate in Kiev
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
creator Viktor Hartmann NERFINISHED
depicts gate of Kiev NERFINISHED
monumental city gate
hasGenre architectural drawing
hasPart arched gateway
bell tower
decorative ornaments
massive stone pylons
onion-shaped dome
orthodox cross
hasStyle Russian Revival style
historicist architecture
historicalSignificance survives mainly through Mussorgsky’s musical depiction
inception early 1870s
inCollection Viktor Hartmann memorial exhibition (1874) NERFINISHED
influencedBy Old Russian architecture NERFINISHED
Russian Revival architecture NERFINISHED
inspired The Great Gate of Kiev (movement from Pictures at an Exhibition) NERFINISHED
finale of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
inspiredMusicalForm piano suite movement
inspiredWorkBy Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED
intendedLocation Kiev NERFINISHED
languageOfWork none (visual work)
medium drawing
watercolor (attributed in some sources)
notableFor inspiring a famous musical composition
partOf Viktor Hartmann’s architectural projects
proposedUse commemorative city gate
subjectOf art historical analyses of Viktor Hartmann’s work
musicological studies of Pictures at an Exhibition
title The Great Gate of Kiev NERFINISHED

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Viktor Hartmann notableWork The Great Gate of Kiev design