Brumfield Architecture at the End of the Earth

Photographing the Russian North
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7543-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Featuring nearly two hundred full color photographs by William Craft Brumfield, this book documents the architecture of centuries-old wooden and brick churches, cathedrals and homes in the region surrounding the White Sea, which is known as the Russian North.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brumfield, William Craft

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Besondere Themen und Arten der Fotografie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. Exploring the Russian North 1

Into the Forest. A Note on the Architectural History of the Russian North 21

1. The Western Shore of the White Sea 29

2. From the Vytegra Region to the Mologa River 73

3. Kargopol and Its Surrounding Villages 115

4. From Vologda to Veliky Ustiug 151

5. Along the Northern Dvina and Beyond to the Arctic Circle 207

Postscript. What Will Remain of the Heritage of the Russian North? 243

Über Autor(innen)

William Craft Brumfield is Professor of Slavic Studies at Tulane University. Brumfield, who began photographing Russia in 1970, is the foremost authority in the West on Russian architecture. He is the author, editor, and photographer of numerous books, including Lost Russia: Photographing the Ruins of Russian Architecture, also published by Duke University Press. Brumfield is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and was a Fellow at the National Humanities Center. In 2002 he was elected to the State Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, and in 2006 he was elected to the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. He is also the 2014 recipient of the D. S. Likhachev Prize for Outstanding Contributions to the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Russia. Brumfield's photographs of Russian architecture have been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums and are part of the Image Collections at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.