In 1751, during a trip to England, he was summoned by hetman Kirill Razumovsky to decorate his residences in Ukraine. To this early period belong the Resurrection cathedral in Pochep near Bryansk and the Catherine Cathedral in Yamburg, now Kingisepp near St Petersburg (illustrated, right), where Rinaldi successfully expressed the domed, centrally-planned form required by traditional Russian Orthodox practice in a confident Italian Late Baroque vocabulary.
His first important secular commission was the Novoznamenka chateau of Chancellor Woronzow. In 1754, he was appointed chief architect of the young court, i.e., the future Peter III and Catherine II, who resided at Oranienbaum. In that town he executed his best-known baroque designs: the Palace of Peter III (1758–60), the sumptuously decorated Chinese Palace (1762–68), and the Ice-Sliding Pavilion (1762–74).
Rinaldi's last works represent a continuous transition from the dazzling rococo of interiors to the reserved and clear-cut treatment of facades characteristic of Neoclassicism. These include two St Petersburg cathedrals, one dedicated to St Isaac the Dalmatian and subsequently demolished to make way for the present Empire-style structure, and the other, dedicated to Prince Vladimir and still standing.
In 1784, the old master resigned his posts on account of bad health and returned to Italy. He died in Rome in 1794.
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antonio, rinaldi, architect, antonio, rinaldi, palermo, august, 1709, rome, april, 1794, italian, architect, trained, luigi, vanvitelli, worked, mainly, russia, rinaldi, cathedral, kingisepp, yamburg, 1764, 1751, during, trip, england, summoned, hetman, kirill. Antonio Rinaldi Palermo 25 August 1709 Rome 10 April 1794 was an Italian architect trained by Luigi Vanvitelli who worked mainly in Russia Rinaldi s cathedral in Kingisepp Yamburg 1764 In 1751 during a trip to England he was summoned by hetman Kirill Razumovsky to decorate his residences in Ukraine To this early period belong the Resurrection cathedral in Pochep near Bryansk and the Catherine Cathedral in Yamburg now Kingisepp near St Petersburg illustrated right where Rinaldi successfully expressed the domed centrally planned form required by traditional Russian Orthodox practice in a confident Italian Late Baroque vocabulary His first important secular commission was the Novoznamenka chateau of Chancellor Woronzow In 1754 he was appointed chief architect of the young court i e the future Peter III and Catherine II who resided at Oranienbaum In that town he executed his best known baroque designs the Palace of Peter III 1758 60 the sumptuously decorated Chinese Palace 1762 68 and the Ice Sliding Pavilion 1762 74 In the 1770s Rinaldi served as the main architect of Count Orlov who was Catherine s prime favourite and the most powerful man in the country During this period he built two grandiose Neoclassical residences namely the Marble Palace on the Palace Embankment in St Petersburg and the roomy Gatchina Castle which was subsequently acquired for Emperor Paul and partly remodeled He also designed for Orlov several monuments in Tsarskoe Selo notably the Orlov Gates Kagul Obelisk and the Chesma Column He completed the work started by Jean Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe on the Catholic Church of St Catherine Rinaldi s last works represent a continuous transition from the dazzling rococo of interiors to the reserved and clear cut treatment of facades characteristic of Neoclassicism These include two St Petersburg cathedrals one dedicated to St Isaac the Dalmatian and subsequently demolished to make way for the present Empire style structure and the other dedicated to Prince Vladimir and still standing In 1784 the old master resigned his posts on account of bad health and returned to Italy He died in Rome in 1794 References Edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antonio Rinaldi architect amp oldid 1109520765, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
