Architecture at the end of the earth : photographing the Russian North
Record details
- ISBN: 0822375435 (e-book)
- ISBN: 9780822375432 (e-book)
- ISBN: 0822359065 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780822359067 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
x, 245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 32 cm
print - Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : exploring the Russian North -- Into the forest : a note on the architectural heritage of the Russian North -- The western shore of the White Sea -- From the Vytegra region to the Mologa River -- Kargopol and its surrounding villages -- From Vologda to Veliky Ustiug -- Along the northern Dvina and beyond to the Arctic Circle -- Postscript : what will remain of the heritage of the Russian North? |
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Subject: | Architecture Russia, Northern Architecture Russia, Northern Pictorial works Architecture Travel Russia, Northern Description and travel Russia, Northern Pictorial works Russia, Northern |
Genre: | Illustrated works. Pictorial works. Illustrated works. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 720.947 BRU (Text) | 000128474 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
Architecture at the End of the Earth : Photographing the Russian North
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.