Architecture of oblivion : ruins and historical consciousness in modern Russia /
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 levelin...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Fauci, Julia, designer. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, 2011. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |