Elizabethan Baroque

For the architecture of England under the rule of Elizabeth I, see Elizabethan architecture.
Elizabethan Baroque
Church of the Peterhof Palace; west façade of the Winter Palace; the Smolny Cathedral
Years active18th century
LocationRussian Empire
Duchy of Courland

Elizabethan Baroque (Russian: Елизаветинское барокко, romanized: Yelizavetinskoye barokko or Elizavetinskoe barokko) is a term for the Russian Baroque architectural style, developed during the reign of Elizabeth of Russia between 1741 and 1762. It is also called style Rocaille or Rococo style.[1] The Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli is the key figure of this trend, which is still given the name 'Rastrellian Baroque'. The Russian architect Savva Chevakinsky is also a renowned figure representing this style.[2]

  1. ^ AA.VV. (1982). "Растрелли и проблемы барокко в архитектуре". Барокко в славянских культурах [Baroque in the Slavic Cultures: Rastrelli and Baroque Problems in Architecture] (in Russian).
  2. ^ N. Pevsner; J. Fleming; H. Honour (1981). Dizionario di architettura [Dictionary of Architecture] (in Italian). Torino: Einaudi.