Bronze Horseman books travels to Russian and international book fairs several times a year to select books on World Art in Russian collections and Russian art and architecture books based on the interests of our customers at museum and university libraries, art historians, scholars of Slavic visual culture, and collectors. Between trips our book professionals in St. Petersburg and Moscow send us samples of important new books. Please see below descriptions of books we have recently added to our stock.
St. Petersburg: Kolo, 2020. Sewn pb. The works of enamel tiles that distinguish late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century interiors and façades in Russia came from a relatively small number of craft factories. This monograph focuses on the enamel tile workshop/factory of Mikhail Kharlamov in St. Petersburg. Founded by his father..... More
S.I. Verkhov, 2019. Sewn cl. The collection of a provincial museum has not the extent or depth of a the major museums in St. Petersburg or Moscow, but the Rybinskii Museum-Preserve has representative examples of all significant styles from the neoclassical 1770s to the early Soviet propaganda imagery and all..... More
St. Petersburg: Kolo, 2020. Pb. Kharlamov's skill at enamels was shown in both decorative panels and structural elements such as pillars framing iconostases. His work adorned in St. Petersburg a dazzling example of Russian Revival style, the Church of Christ the Saviour on the Blood, and in Moscow both exterior..... More