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columns topped with a sculpture. The walls of the extreme compartments are dissected by smaller pilasters decorated with a stucco decoration; above them runs a wide band of bas-relief. At the Emperor's notice in the end wall, it was decided not to decorate the apertures with porticoes with columns and a triangular pediment, as
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The space of the hall is divided into three unequal parts by the pylons projecting from the walls, on which the underpinning arches rest. The pylons are trimmed with paired pilasters of the Corinthian order. The wall plane between the pylons is in turn divided into three parts in Corinthian order by
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in 1841. This period coincided with a large rebuilding of the Winter Palace following a severe fire in 1837. While the exterior of the palace was recreated in its original 18th-century style, much of the interior was rebuilt in a variety of styles, dependent on the whims and tastes of their intended
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figures. The sculptural decoration was created as an embodiment of the reign program of the future emperor. The effect of the monochrome hall is also based on the combination of the differently shaped surfaces of the polished marble and the whitewashed stucco decorations. The relief ornamentation,
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The sculptural decoration of the hall includes a round sculpture of female figures above the columns, symbolising various types of art, and bas-relief figures depicting the gods of Olympus:
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The hall and adjoining rooms formed the suite of the Tsarevich and Tsarevna, and remained their private rooms after their accession in 1855.
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enclosed in geometric frames, also covers the lunettes and the vaults of the room.
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Location of the White Hall within the Winter Palace
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Luigi Premazzi
Winter Palace
Alexander Briullov
Tsarevich
Maria of Hesse
classical
vaulted
Corinthian
State Hermitage Museum
Brullov
Juno
Jupiter
Diana
Apollo
Ceres
Mercury
Vesta
Neptune
putti
Imperator Nikolaĭ I i ego semʹi︠a︡ v Zimnem dvort︠s︡e
ISBN
978-5-93572-585-3
OCLC
925534248
cite book
link
The State Hermitage Museum
Archived
Wayback Machine

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