The Art and Architecture of Russia

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Yale University Press, 1983 - 482 pages
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This revised and up-dated history confines itself to Russia west of the Urals, the Russia whose artistic beginnings lay in the response of a newly settled people to the impact of Christianity and the Byzantine Empire. In the first centuries the arts flourished and developed in the independent states and principalities, but gradually native schools in centres like Novgorod and Kiev gave way to centralization based on Moscow. From the emergence of Russia under Peter the Great until the late 19th century, specifically Russian qualities gave way to Western European inspiration and advice. However, as the 19th century developed, there was a reaction from foreign domination and this led to the rediscovery of native traditions.
 

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The Art of Muscovy 14 Wooden Church Architecture
163
14001600
184
The Moscow Baroque
209
Secular Architecture
226
Moscow 15501700
241
St Petersburg
258
174162
276
176296
289

Mosaics and Frescoes in Kiev
65
The First Russian Sculpture
74
Frescoes in Vladimir and Novgorod
80
IconPainting 8 IconPainting Criticism Iconography and Technique
97
9901250
107
Provincial Schools of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
119
Moscow
130
Novgorod
141
Painting in Moscow in the Later Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
152
17961850
314
EighteenthCentury Romantic Architecture
334
Romanticism
359
Ideological Realism
374
The Slavic Revival and Mir hkusstva
388
Abbreviations
416
General Bibliography
449
Index
463
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Page 18 - God, and we knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth. For on earth there is no such splendor or such beauty, and we are at a loss how to describe it. We only know that God dwells there among men, and their service is fairer than the ceremonies of other nations. For we cannot forget that beauty. Every man, after tasting something sweet, is afterward unwilling to accept that which is bitter, and therefore we cannot dwell longer here.
Page 165 - ... upon the ground. The purchafer who wants a dwelling, repairs to this fpot, mentions the number of rooms he requires, examines the different timbers, which are regularly numbered, and bargains for that which fuits him.
Page 73 - Stormy wind, fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars: Beasts and all cattle ; Creeping things and flying fowl: Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth: Both young men and maidens ; Old men and children : Let them praise the name of the LORD; For his name alone is exalted: His glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 434 - Kremlin, having a circumference of two miles, into one magnificent palace. Its triangular form, and the number of churches it contains, offered some difficulties; but the model was rendered complete. Its fronts are ornamented with ranges of beautiful pillars, according to different orders of architecture. Every part of it was finished in the most beautiful manner, even to the fresco painting on the ceilings of the rooms, and the colouring of the various marble columns intended to decorate the interior....
Page 23 - During his reign, the Christian faith was fruitful and multiplied, while the number of monks increased, and new monasteries came into being. Yaroslav loved religious establishments and was devoted to priests, especially to monks. He applied himself to books, and read them continually [152] day and night. He assembled many scribes, and translated from ^Greek into Slavic. He wrote and collected many books through which true believers are instructed and enjoy religious education.
Page 18 - ... down, looks hither and thither like one possessed, and there is no happiness among them, but instead only sorrow and a dreadful stench. Their religion is not good. Then we went" among the Germans, and saw them performing many ceremonies in their temples; but we beheld no glory there.
Page 10 - The class of 1901 is presenting several wall pictures of famous modern libraries, among them the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library and the Library of Columbia University.
Page 164 - ... even close the one to the other. Their houses are of wood without any lime or stone, built very close and warme with firre trees plained and piled one upon another. They are fastened together with dents or notches at every corner, & so clasped fast together. Betwixt the trees or timber they thrust in mosse (whereof they gather plenty in their woods) to keep out the aire.
Page 429 - Moscow may be considered as a town built upon the Asiatic model, but gradually becoming more and more European; exhibiting...

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