Architecture of Oblivion: Ruins and Historical Consciousness in Modern Russia

by Andreas Schönle

Book Overview

Despite attempts to promote the aesthetics of ruins in Russia--from Catherine the Great's construction of fake ruins in imperial parks to Josef Brodsky's elegiac meditations--ruins have never achieved the status they enjoy in Western Europe. While the Soviet Union was notorious for leveling churches, post-Soviet Russia has only intensified the practice of massive destruction and reconstruction. Architecture of Oblivion examines the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875806511
• ISBN13: 9780875806518
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher