Architecture
From the time of its conversion to Christianity in the tenth century, the confederation of East Slavic principalities centered round Kyiv entered the cultural sphere of the Byzantine Empire. Builders from Constantinople erected the first churches, but soon the Byzantine influence nurtured a local Russian style. Russian masters working in the broad context of Byzantine art and hence the European artistic tradition attained an originality and superb artistic quality of their own. From its early period (tenth–twelfth c.), a rich architectural tradition developed through the medieval and Muscovite periods, the imperial period, and into the Soviet years. The ability of Russian patrons to use external models, often working with Western European architects, to create masterpieces distinguishes Russian architecture in every period. The monographs, handbooks, encyclopedias, and albums described below survey different periods, present scholarly research, and publish a great deal of visual documentation on a vital branch of world architecture.
Arkhitekturnaia grafika Geral'da Bosse (1812-1894). K 200-letiiu so dnia rozhdeniia (Architectural drawings of Geral'd Bosse (1812-1894): [Published on the occasion lf] 20th anniversary of his birth)
St. Petersburg: Palatsio, 2012. Pb. This catalogue of an exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg displays the highly polished drawings of an architect who shaped the milieu of mid nineteenth century St. Petersburg through a talented use of eclectic elements. 47 p., 23 cm, approx. 90..... More
Imperatorskii khram Gatchinskogo dvortsa* (Church of the imperial family at Gatchina Palace)
St. Petersburg: Gatchina, N.d. Pb. The palace ensemble at Gatchina is the least well-known of the suburban palaces outside St. Petersburg, partly because it was severely damaged during World War II and partly because it was the last of the palaces to be given museum status. In this Gatchina museum..... More
Keramika mira, 1 & 2 / Architectural Ceramics of the World, 1 & 2
St. Petersburg: Kolo, 2019. Sewn pb. More
M-Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2013 (04) - 2014 (01) / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 2013 (04) - 2014 (01)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2013. pb. 159 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367. More
M-Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2009 (02) / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia, 2009 (02)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2007. pb. 125 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367. More
M-Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2012 (03) / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 2012 (03)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2013. pb. 135 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367. More
M-Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2013 (03) / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 2013 (03)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2013. pb. 139 p., ISSN: 1994-9367. More
Moskovskaia arkhitektura i ee sozdateli. Pervaia polovina XVIII veka (Moscow architecture and its creators: first half of the 18th c.)
Moscow: Progress-Traditsiia, 2014. sewn cl. The author uses drawings, plans, and paintings to illustrate buildings and cityscapes, most lost, from a period of Russian architecture inadequately researched. His singular approach focuses not only on buildings and architects, but on those who commissioned the buildings, their tastes and influence. 430 p...... More
Mosty, plotiny, kaskady / Bridges, Dams, Cascades [of Pavlovsk palace and park ensemble]; , ,
St. Petersburg: Pavlovsk, 2016. Saddle-stitched. The park around Pavlovsk Palace has almost as architectural and design masterpieces on a par with those of the palace itself, which is not surprising as the same great Western European and Russian architects and designers worked on both. In this compact but informative survey..... More
Pamiatniki monumental'nogo iskusstva / Memorials of Monumental Art [of Pavlovsk palace and park ensemble]
St. Petersburg: Pavlovsk, 2017. Saddle-stitched. Sculpture, gateways, ruins, columns, and colonnades commemorating events and people connected with the Russian imperial residence at Pavlovsk. With a fold out map of the parks and gardens showing relative placement of the works. 25 p., 21 x 15 cm, approx. 20 color and b/w..... More
Pavil'ony / Pavilions [of Pavlovsk palace and park ensemble]
St. Petersburg: Pavlovsk, 2016. The genius of the Russian imperial family was finding artistic talent to carry their architectural projects wherever they could: architects and designers from Scotland, Italy, France and Russia designed the outbuildings of Pavlovsk Palace ensemble, and they are all gems of neoclassical and romantic architecture. Working..... More
Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2013 (03) / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 2013 (03)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2013. pb. 139 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367. More
Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2014 (02) / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 2014 (02)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2014. pb. 143 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367. More
Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2014 (03) / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 2014 (03)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2014. pb. 151 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367. More
Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2014 (04) - 2015 (01) / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 2014 (04) - 2015 (01)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2014. pb. 141 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367. More
Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 2015 (04) / 2016 (01) Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 2015 (04) / 2016 (01)
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2015. pb. 165 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367. More
Proekt baltiia: zhurnal ob arkhitkture i dizaine Finliandii, Estonii, Litvy, Latvii i Severo-Zapada Rossii, 4/2016–1/2017 / Project Baltia: Review of Architecture and Design from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Northwest Russia 4/2016–1/2017
St. Petersburg: Baltikum, 2017. pb. 166 p., 29 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. and ENGLISH. ISSN: 1994-9367, ISSN: No 29: 2/2016–1/2017. More
Sankt-Peterburg XX veka (Twentieth-century St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg: Kniga, 2008. sewn cl. 600 pp., 6 x9 ins., approx. 300 b-&-w illus., Rus. More
Sankt-Peterburg: nasledie pod ugrozoi / St. Petersburg: Heritage at Risk
St. Petersburg: ? 2012. Sewn pb. St. Petersburg has been blessed by many architectural masterpieces designed be Western European and Russian architects from its founding in 1703 through the avant-garde and modernist periods of the twentieth century. This book focuses on the ones which have been neglected or which are..... More
Serebrianyi vek: Oranienbaum. Dvortsy i parki: al'bom-putevoditel' (Silver Age Oranienbaum: Palaes and Parks)
St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University, 2010. This book uses old post cards and archival photos to present the main structures of the architectural ensemble first commissioned during Peter's the Great's reign by Alexander Menshikov. After Menshikov's fall from favor the palace ensemble became part of the imperial family's property. All..... More
Tatlin Plan: Fligel' "Ruina" Muzeia Arkhitektury imeni A. V. Shchuseva / The "Ruin" Wing of the Shchusev Museum of Architecture
Ekaterinburg: Tatlin, 2017. Pb. This edition of the series on notable architectural designs in an urban setting publishes an interview with the architects and builders of an imaginative new section of the Shchusev Museum of Architecture, which reveals a wing of the original eighteenth-century estate on the site of which..... More
Tatlin Plan: Novaia stsena Aleksandrinskogo teatra / The New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater
Ekaterinburg: Tatlin, 2017. Pb. This edition of the series on notable architectural designs in an urban setting publishes an interview with the architects and builders of a new wing of the Alexander Theater in St. Petersburg and copious visual documents on the project. Connecting two distinguished spaces, the embankment of..... More
Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha, LXXXVI, Monumental'noe zodchestvo Drevnei Rusi i Vostochnoi Evropy epokhi srednevekov'ia / Transactions of the State Hermitage Museum LXXXVI. Monumental Architecture of Ancient Rus and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2017. Pb. Articles cover many cities from Genoese settements on the Black Sea to the construction of fortified towers and the decoration of churches with the enameled crosses and frescoes. Great works such as St. Michael Golden Domes Cathedral in Kyiv are the focus of individual chapters..... More