С появлением кино как нового вида искусства актуализировался вопрос о формировании комфортной среды для кинопросмотров. В статье обосновываются особенности первыхспроектированных зданий для демонстрации кино, архитектурные отличия первых кинотеатров в Санкт-Петербурге и Москве, где использовались элементы театральной архитектуры, эклектика ресторанного дизайна, смешанные с деталями уходящего стиля модерн.
The emergence of cinema brought about the issue of forminga comfortable environment for film screenings. This essay analyzes thecharacteristics of the first spaces used for film exhibition in St. Petersburg andMoscow and the architecture of the movie theaters built in these cities in the firstdecades of the 20th century and characterized by a combination of theatricalarchitectural traditions, eclectic restaurant design and elements of the fading ArtNouveau style.Film exhibition was a profitable business. Initially, screenings were held in rentedspaces but soon specialized buildings were designed and constructed. The essaylooks at the largest and most popular movie theaters built in St. Petersburg’smain street, Nevsky Prospect, and in the center of Moscow, discussing theirarchitectural features and their historical development. Thus, during the 1920sand 1930s, large movie theaters included a foyer with a stage for variety showsand a theater-like auditorium with a high-mounted, dark-framed screen; thespectators entered the auditorium via the main entrance and, after the screening,exited directly to a street or a yard
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