Istoriia russkogo iskusstva, tom 2.2. Iskusstvo vtoroi poloviny XII veka (History of Russian Art, vol. 2, part 2. Art of the second half of the twelfth century)
Moscow: Severnyi palomnik, 2015. sewn cl. Authors elaborate on the key artistic events of the period: forming an independent local style of building spinning out of Byzantine tradition; designing new forms and kinds of church architecture; diverging of artistic styles in different areas such as Novgorod, Galich, and Vladimir, the last developing a style akin to Romanesque; the many and varied forms of church decoration; icons and frescoes in early art centers like Novgorod, Vladimir, and Staraia Ladoga; the broadening repertoire of church ornamentation. Table of contents: architecture of the second half of the twelfth century; painting of the second half of the twelfth century; architectural decoration and sculpture in south and southwest Rus' and Riazan'; stone-carving in northeast Rus'; ornament and decorative elements in late twelfth-century painting. 576 pp., 31 cm, 792 color and b/w illus., Rus. Item #1390
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