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Code: 011365
Shchenkov, A.S., Viatchanina, T.N
Ob Ikonografii i Tektonike Pravoslavnogo Khrama
Opyt Soderzhatel`noi Interpretatsii Arkhitekturnykh Form
[ On the iconography and tectonics of the Russian Orthodox church : Essays on the interpretation of architectural forms ]
Moscow: NII Teorii Arkhitektury i Gradostroitel`stva, 1996
Language: Russian

Price: $ 13.00

This brochure analyzes the connections between the major characteristics of church architecture and the Russian Orthodox vision of the world and philosophy. Include bibliographic references.

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Code: 014580
Briusova, V.G
Freski Iaroslavlia XVII - Nachala XVIII Veka

[ Yaroslavl Frescoes XVII - early XVIII : ]
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1969
Language: Russian, English, French and German

Price: $ 54.00

The City of Iaroslavl`, founded in the first decade of the eleventh century, now the largest city on the Volga River, is an under appreciated star among old Russian cities. The city was a rich industrial and trade center in the seventeenth century.

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Code: 013840-1
Markelov, G.V
Sviatye Drevnei Rusi: Materialy po Ikonografii (Prorisi, Perevody, Ikonopisnye Podlinniki)
Tom 1: Atlas Izobrazhenii
[ Saints of Old Rus: Materials on icongraphy . In two volumes : Tom 1: Atlas Izobrazhenii ]
St. Petersburg: Dmitrii Bulanin, 1998
Language: Russian

Price: $ 64.00

The first volume of thjis two volume publication is an atlas of image patterns of saints and zealots of Old Rus (10th-beginning 18th century) made in two main techniques of copying: "proris" and "perevod".

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Code: 024754-03
Vremennik Zubovskogo Instituta
Vyp. 3: Paskha: Mnogoobrazie Kul`turnykh Traditsii
[ Proceedings of the Zubovskii Institut : Issue 3. Easter: diversity of cultural traditions ]
St. Petersburg: RIII, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 21.00

This is the third issue of proceedings of the Russian Institute for the Studies in History of the Arts. The current volume contains works on the iconography and musical culture of celebrating Easter (Pascha).

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