I.E. BONDARENKO'S CRITICISM OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE THE ECLECTIC PERIOD

Abstract

The formation of a bright representative of the neo-Russian style of architect, architectural historian and art critic I.E. Bondarenko partially coincided with the period of mature eclecticism. Of interest is his attitude to the work of his contemporaries, recorded in the "Notes of the artist-architect" written by him in 1939-1940, which were published only in 2018. A separate theme of the memoirs is the evaluation of the period of eclecticism in the architecture of Russia. Together with the comments on the notes, plans and exhibition programs stored in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts (RGALI), they demonstrate the wide scope of his criticism.