The art and architecture of medieval Russia
1967, First Edition. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (with some minor loss), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #447128
Physical description; xii, 432 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 23 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. plates, sections, elevations, plans and maps. Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-416). Contents;
General characteristics of Russian art -- Geographical setting -- Scythians and Greeks in South Russia -- Scythian art -- Major Scythian and Sarmatian Tumuli in South Russia -- Art of the Siberian nomads -- Scytho-Iranian legacy -- Emergence of the Slavs -- Architecture of Kievan Russia -- Architecture of Novgorod and Pskov -- Architecture of Vladimir-Suzdal -- Icon painting -- Rise and aggrandizement of Moscow -- Wooden architecture -- Muscovite architecture, 1500-1600 -- Seventeenth-century architecture -- Moscow school of painting -- Art and architecture of the Upper Volga region -- Religious and secular objects -- Woodwork and carving -- Ceramics. Subjects; Art, Russian. Architecture Russia. Art, Medieval Russia. Art, Russian History. Civilization, Medieval. Art russe Histoire. Architecture médiévale Russie. Civilisation médiévale. Art médiéval Russie. Art russe. Architecture Russie. Architecture.
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