2020 | Building Peace through Heritage
Problems of creative review of soviet post-constructivism through art deco prism in the architecture of Saratov
Catherine E . Glebova 1 , Zlata Romanova 2
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Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov ( SSTU ), Institute of urbanism , architecture and construction ( UrbAC ), Department of Architecture . Russia , associate professor , cglebova @ mail . ru
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Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov ( SSTU ), Institute of urbanism , architecture and construction ( UrbAC ), Department of Architecture . Russia , student , zlata . romanovaa @ mail . ru
Abstract : The beginning of the 1930s was marked in Soviet architecture by the emergence of the style of post-constructivism . This eclectic style - a synthesis of modernism and neoclassicism , defined a new approach to the space , shape and function of the building . This style phenomenon is unique а inherently . Developing parallel with West European and American art deco , post-constructivism managed to develop independently and to avoid obvious style borrowings familiar to previous directions . However , a deeper research of the economic , socio-political and historical-cultural processes of 1930-1940 research suggests that post-constructivism , although had regional roots , it was greatly influenced by both European and American art deco , essentially being Soviet version of this style . In this paper are consider considers the features of shaping , stylistic , compositional in this paper are consider . Of post-constructivism , identifies borrowings and draws parallels with European and American buildings in the Art Deco style . Particular attention is paid to the research of post-constructivism in its regional expression . Using an example of the analysis of Saratov ’ s architecture from 1930-1940 , an attempt is made to reveal the originality of style in a provincial city and determine the degree of Western European influence on local architecture . The results obtained in the course of this work , in addition to scientific and theoretical value , have a great applied value . Recently , in world architectural practice , and in Russia in particular , interest in designing in historical styles has increased . The motives of post-constructivism and Art Deco are increasingly appearing on new buildings . Possession of knowledge in the field of styling and design methods of historically inspired objects will allow avoiding stylistic discrepancies and aesthetic imbalance with the surrounding urban environment .
Keywords : style phenomenon , provincial city , originality , world architectural .
Introduction
The term “ post-constructivism ” was coined by Selim Khan-Magomedov , the leading theoretician of architecture in Russia . This term described the “ intermediate ” style direction in Soviet architecture , which appeared between 1932 and 1937 and its development was influenced by political and ideological factors . Post-constructivism has become a transitional link between Soviet constructivism and Stalinist Empire style ( 5 ).
Post-constructivism is a unique stylistic phenomenon in architecture . Its period is distinctively limited by political events in the history of Soviet architecture . On April 23 , 1932 , the Central Committee of the All- Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks , under the leadership of Lazar Kaganovich , adopted the decree “ On the Restructuring of Literary and Artistic Organizations ”, which abolished all creative organizations existing at that time and accepted socialist realism as the only possible artistic method . The ideas
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