Matvey Kazakov and Dopozharynaya Moscow

The work of Matvey Fedorovich Kazakov largely determined the appearance of Moscow of the era of classicism. The largest public structures of the second half of the 18th century - the Senate in the Moscow Kremlin, Moscow University, the house of the noble assembly, the Golitsyn and Pavlovsk hospitals - were created according to the projects of Kazakov. He is also the author of the best houses-soldiers of the noble urban estates of pre-Po-fired Moscow, which have been distinguished by a solemn appearance and magnificent interior decoration. The courage of the creative fantasy of the architect manifested itself in the romantic appearance of the Gothic architecture of the Petrovsky access and Tsaritsyn palaces.
Kazakov’s creative heritage includes a significant amount of architectural graphics. In addition to the talent of the architect, he possessed a brilliant gift of a drawer, who left us beautiful samples of graphic art.
In the collection of the A.V. Shchuseva stored a collection of genuine design drawings and drawings of Kazakov, allowing to present all the stages of his design and construction activities. The famous architectural albums of Kazakov are especially valuable material on the history of Moscow architecture. Six albums of partcular buildings and seven - state -owned buildings were prepared under the leadership of the architect. They are a unique collection of graphics showing the whole variety of architectural structures of the city.
The publication also presents sheets from the museums and archives of Moscow (the State Historical Museum, Museums of the Moscow Kremlin, the Museum of the A.S. Pushkin, RGADA, RGVIA) and St. Petersburg (State Hermitage, the State Russian Museum, Scientific and Scientific and Scientific Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, the All -Russian Museum A.S. Pushkin, RGIA).
visually restore the appearance of Moscow of that time, often called "Kazakovskaya", the engravings and watercolors of the artists who captured its views before the fire of 1812 help.
The book is addressed to a wide range of readers