Photo, Print, Drawing The University, Kiev.
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Title
- The University, Kiev.
Summary
- This view of Kiev University of Saint Vladimir (now Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University) is from Souvenir of Kiev, an early 20th-century album showing the main sites of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine and at that time one of the most important cities of the Russian Empire. The university was founded in 1834. Alexander V. Beretti, professor of architecture at Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts was the architect who designed its main building, completed in 1842. The monumental four-story building in the Russian classical style, with a central portico and eight Ionic columns, sits on former wasteland on top of a hill and has become one of the most important landmarks of the city. Its dominant position significantly influenced the development of Kiev's architectural layout. The rectangular building is more than 144 meters long on the entrance front and surrounds a central courtyard. It is painted red, with the capitols and bases of columns painted black, the colors of the stripes on the Order of Saint Vladimir. This image shows the university's main façade on Vladimirskaya Street. The 25 views in Souvenir of Kiev are collotypes, made using a chemically-based printing process widely employed before the invention of offset lithography.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1900 to 1920]
Headings
- - Ukraine--Kiev
- - 1842 to 1920
- - Architecture, Classical
- - Cities and towns
- - Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University
- - Street scenes
- - Universities and colleges
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 photomechanical print : collotype.
- - Original resource at: Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine.
- - Content in German and French and Russian.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Souvenir of Kiev
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021669070
Online Format
- compressed data
- image