Maria Sokolova
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
The report focuses on the subject that seems to be insufficiently studied, in our opinion, in both Russian and foreign historiography — the influence of the Italian monuments on the Victorian country house architecture. The British architectural heritage of the period is rightly regarded by researchers as the part of the European historicism. In this regard, there is nothing surprising in the fact that it is by its very nature polystylistic. As a rule, the focus is on learning how the national heritage was reinterpreted in this period, whether it were Gothic monuments or Tudor architecture. However, it should be noted that the interest in the architectural heritage of other European countries remained consistently high. Monuments of Italy in this respect played a special role. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, the Palladian tradition left its mark in Britain. Secondly, under the influence of travelling to the Continent and due to the books of J. Ruskin, the British discovered new layers in the architectural heritage of Italy: medieval and early Renaissance.