The Influence of «architects-Mentors» on the Creativity of Architect Nikolai Matveevich Sokolov

Abstract

The article considers the influence of masters, teachers in the Institute of Civil engineers – I.S. Kitner, V.A. Schroter on the activity of Rostov city architect N.M. Sokolov in the late XIX – early XX century Sokolov. Unknown facts of an early stage of his creative activity are revealed. The features of his creative method formed under the influence of «architects-mentors» are presented. The problem of the study is to identify the characteristic of the architectural activity of the mentors who influenced the future life and creative activity of Nikolai Matveevich as the city architect of Rostov-on-don, whose objects form the historical part of the city, many of which are objects of cultural heritage. The study is aimed at revealing the features of the architecture of the «brick style» in the works of Sokolov, formed under the influence of teachers of the Institute of Civil engineers – Kitner, Schroter – adherents of the rational direction of architecture of the XIX century. The article introduces the new factual data, the comparative analysis of Kitner and Schroter analogues with objects of Sokolov, the systematic information about the life of Sokolov, his creative legacy