GIACOMO QUARENGHI,
ARCHITECT IN ST. PETERSBURG
Year: 1994
Lenght: 23 min
Copyright: Alberto Cima
Direction, screenplay, cinematography and editing:: Alberto Cima
with the collaboration of: Paola Ratti, Ekaterina Artiukhova, Konstantin Artiukhov, Igor Povolotskij, Svetlana Somova.
Editing Consultant: Matteo Cima
Italian and Russian Editions
Financed:
Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia di Bergamo
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Subject:
Filmed in Russia. The artistic itinerary and life of Giacomo Quarenghi, born in 1744 in Capiatone of Rota Imagna (Bergamo), a fistful of houses linked to the outside world by a narrow mule track. He was summoned to Russia, to the court of the Tsars, by Catherine II, a great admirer of Quarenghi. In St. Petersburg between the end of the 1700s and the start of the 1800s, a great number of palaces designed by him are built. He is a lonely man, despite the fevour of one of the most scintillating courts in Europe which surrounds him.
Filmed in Russia. The artistic itinerary and life of Giacomo Quarenghi, born in 1744 in Capiatone of Rota Imagna (Bergamo), a fistful of houses linked to the outside world by a narrow mule track. He was summoned to Russia, to the court of the Tsars, by Catherine II, a great admirer of Quarenghi. In St. Petersburg between the end of the 1700s and the start of the 1800s, a great number of palaces designed by him are built. He is a lonely man, despite the fevour of one of the most scintillating courts in Europe which surrounds him.
