The book presents a broad panoramic overview of church architecture in the Russian North between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. While it is inevitably overshadowed by the imperial splendour of the country’s capital cities, this unique phenomenon is regarded as the most distinctive national expression of traditional Russian artistic culture and at the same time as a significant part of humanity’s worldwide architectural heritage.
The chief intention of the book is to present the regionally specific features of the wooden churches of the Russian North,...
The book presents a broad panoramic overview of church architecture in the Russian North between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. While it ...
