The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History of Art)

Hamilton, George Heard

ISBN 10: 0300053274 / ISBN 13: 9780300053272

Published by Yale University Press. 1983, Third edition,,, 1983

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paperback, 8vo, 482pp, 314 b/w illustrations, clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges slightly rubbed, Very Good condition. ISBN: 0300053274.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History of Art)
• Publisher: Yale University Press. 1983, Third edition,,
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300053274
• ISBN 13: 9780300053272
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This revised and updated 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.