Elizabethan Baroque is a term for the Russian Baroque architectural style, developed during the reign of Elizabeth of Russia between 1741 and 1762. It is also called style Rocaille or Rococo style. The Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli is the key figure of this trend, which is still given the name 'Rastrellian Baroque'. The Russian architect Savva Chevakinsky is also a renowned figure representing this style.
Image: August 2014 in Saint Petersburg
Image: Hermitage West facade Saint Petersburg
Image: Смольный собор 2
Model of the Smolny Cathedral
Russian Baroque is a term used to describe the Baroque artistic style that emerged in the Russian Tsardom and the Russian Empire during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. This style was mainly seen in Saint Petersburg and Moscow during the reigns of Peter the Great and Elizabeth of Russia.
The building of the Kunstkamera in Saint Petersburg. 1719–1758
Naryshkin Baroque. Church of the Intercession at Fili near Moscow. 1690–1694
Golitsyn Baroque. Znamenskaya Church (Dubrovitsy). Moscow Region. 1690–1704
Golitsyn Baroque. Znamenskaya church in Perovo district 1690–1705