Lost Russia - Photographing the Ruins of Russian Architecture

"Brumfield is one of the leading Western scholars today in the history of Russian architecture."--Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, University of California, Berkeley

List of contents

Preface to the 1995 Edition  vii

Preface to Twentieth Anniversary Edition  xi

Defining an Architectural Tradition  13

Into the Provinces  19

Meditation on the Ruins  125

References  129

Index  131

About the author

William Craft Brumfield is Professor of Slavic Studies at Tulane University. A master photographer, he has pursued his interest in Russian architecture for over forty years. He is the author of several books, including Architecture at the Ends of the Earth: Photographing the Russian North (also published by Duke University Press),  A History of Russian Architecture, Origins of Modernism in Russian Architecture, and Gold in Azure. 

Summary

Written by a noted historian and photographer of Russian architecture, this title contains images of neglected, lost, and ruined buildings.

Product details

• Authors: Brumfield, William Craft Brumfield, William Craftbrumfield
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2015
• EAN: 9780822315575
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1557-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: McGraw-Hill Chemical Engineeri; McGraw-Hill Chemical Engineeri
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV