Russian Mediaeval Architecture
With an Account of the Transcaucasian Styles and their Influence in the West

Originally published in 1934, this book describes the regional variation in architecture in mediaeval Russia and the South Caucasus.

David Roden Buxton (Author)

9781107434509, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 October 2014

240 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.42 kg

Originally published in 1934, this book describes the regional variation in architecture in mediaeval Russia and the South Caucasus and the influence it had on western styles. Buxton's text is annotated with many drawings and over one hundred photographs of medieval churches, including several which were destroyed under the Soviet government. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Russian architecture and its legacy.

Preface
Note on transliteration
Part I. Russia: Introductory
1. Kiev
2. Novgorod and Pskov
3. Vladimir
4. Moscow - the beginnings
5. Wooden architecture up to the sixteenth century
6. The Muscovite style before 1650
7. The national style of Moscow and Yaroslavl since 1650
8. Wooden architecture in the Ukraine and Ukrainian baroque
9. Baroque of Moscow
10. Wooden architecture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Part II. Transcaucasia: Introductory
1. Origins
2. Armenia before the tenth century: evolution in church plans
3. Armenia, tenth and eleventh centuries
4. Georgia
5. Spread of Caucasian influence westwards
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Architecture [AM]