Entertaining estates of the Moscow region. Kuskovo, Ostankino, Tsaritsyno, Arkhangelskoye, Neskyuchny Garden

The book included materials about the four most famous architectural and park ensembles of the Moscow Region - Kuskovo, Ostankin, Tsaritsyn and Arkhangelsk, belonging to the number of special, so -called "entertainment" estates of the XVIII century. Designed for social holidays and entertainment in nature, they developed the ideas of the European era of education and were large artistic centers of their time. The affiliation of entertainment estates to the festive culture determined the features of the architectural images created by it and their inherent game character.
The book is intended for historians and art historians, museum workers and students studying the history of art, as well as for everyone who is interested in the history of Russian art culture.
The book is devoted to the study of the Russian estate culture of the 18th century in its "festive" aspect, captured in theatrical forms of architectural and park ensembles of the New Age.
Famous estates of the Near Moscow Region, most of which today entered the boundaries of modern Moscow and turned into extensive city museums and parks - Kuskovo, Ostankino, Tsaritsyno, Arkhangelskoye, Neskuchny Garden - belonged to the genre of special, so -called "entertainment" estates . Designed for social holidays, relaxation and entertainment in nature, they developed the ideas of the European era of education and were large artistic centers of their time.
The illustrated publication is intended for art historians and historians, museum workers and students studying the history of art, as well as for everyone who is interested in the history of Russian art culture.
2nd edition, corrected and supplemented