Classicism

An artistic style of the 18th to the early 19th century that looks to antiquity and ancient art as the norm and ideal model. In Russian park design it is identified with the landscape (picturesque) style of layout, a rejection of regular/formal constructions as being contrary to nature. Examples of park structures in the Classicism style include the Temple of Friendship in Pavlovsk, the Cameron G…

An artistic style of the 18th to the early 19th century that looks to antiquity and ancient art as the norm and ideal model. In Russian park design it is identified with the landscape (picturesque) style of layout, a rejection of regular/formal constructions as being contrary to nature. Examples of park structures in the Classicism style include the Temple of Friendship in Pavlovsk, the Cameron Gallery in the Catherine Park of the town of Pushkin, the Pavilion of Flora in Sofiyivka, etc.