Vasili Bazhenov belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Vasili Bazhenov as Russian neoclassical architect (1737-1799).
Vasili Bazhenov was born at Moscow in 1737. His recorded nationality is the Russian Empire. He was educated at Imperial Academy of Arts and Slavic Greek Latin Academy.
The eighteenth century organised knowledge into academies, expeditions and collections, and turned patronage into something closer to a profession.
The record gives his occupations as linguist, architect and painter.
His principal work is Tsaritsyno Park + palace. Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His recorded fields of work are architecture.
That the work was done from the Russian Empire matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Vasili Bazhenov died in 1799 at the age of 62. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Tsaritsyno Park + palace
- Educated at Imperial Academy of Arts, Slavic Greek Latin Academy and Moscow University Gymnasium
- Worked as linguist, architect and painter
