Building the churches of Kievan Russia
By: Pavel A. Rappoport.
Publisher: Variorum; Routledge
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Brookfield, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Church buildings -- Kievan Rus -- Design and construction -- History.; Church architecture -- Kievan Rus -- History.; Architecture, Byzantine -- Kievan Rus -- History.
Description: This work is the first systematic study of how monumental buildings were constructed in medieval Russia. It deals specifically with ecclesiastical architecture, but also discusses secular architecture, palaces or towers. In scope the book covers the territory of the Kievan state and the principalities that succeeded it, from the tenth to the thirteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.