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RUSSIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
THROUGH THE CENTURIES

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
 

INTRODUCTION - ANCESTRY

Introduction
Scythians
Sarmatians
Ossetians
Slavs
Bulgarians
Khazars
Ros
Varangians

CHRONICLES

Nestor
Silvester
The Epic of the Host of Igor

BAPTISM OF RUSSIANS

Deities of the pre-Christian Slavs
Olga
Vladimir
Glagolitsa
Kirilitsa

BEGINNING OF KYIVAN RUSSIA

Origins
First Wooden Churches
Desyatinaya Church
"Srub" and "Klet"
Yaroslav the Wise
Cathedral of St Sophia
Mikhailovski Cathedral
Kiev Monastery of the Caves
The Church of St Cyril
Chernigov

NOVGOROD AND PSKOV

Cathedral of St Sophia
Church of St Nicholas
Cathedral of the Nativity
Georgievski Cathedral in Yur'yev Monastery
"Mstislav Yevangelia"
Church of the Savior at Nereditse
Pskov

VLADIMIR AND SUZDAL

Andrei Bogoliubski
The Virgin of Vladimir
Cathedral of the Assumption
Rublev
Bogoliubovo
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin
Church of the Intercession of the Virgin on the Nerle
Vladimir's Gate
Cathedral of St Dmitrii
The Cathedral of the Nativity
Kniaginin Monastery
The Cathedral of St George at Yur'yev-Polski
Church of Sts. Boris and Gleb at Kideksha
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration at Pereyaslavl-zaleski
Suzdal
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin


TATAR INVASION

Novgorod Architecture ad the end of 13th to end of 15th centuries
Churches of St Nicholas at Lipne and of the Savior at Kovalevo
Church of the Assumption at Volotovo Field
Church of Fedor Stratilat
Church of the Transfigutation on Iline Street

ICONS AND FRESCOES

Podliniki
Bibles of the Illiterate
Painting Rituals
First Russian authors on Icons
Mt Athos
Serbian School of Icon Painting

THE NOVGOROD SCHOOL OF PAINTING

The Church of the Savior at Nereditse
Alimpii - Korsun Icons
Church of St Nikolas at Lipne - Aleksa
Church of the Savior at Kovalevo
Theophanes the Greek
The Virgin as a Subject for Icons
"Tablets" - "Sviatsi"
Pskov Icon Painters

ICONOSTASIS

MOSCOW

Prince Yurii Dolgoruki S. I. Kuchko,
The Kremlin
Prince Daniil Michael Yaroslavich
Prince Ivan I Cathedral of Archangel Michael, Metropolitan Theognostus
Dmitrii Donskoi Metropolitan Alexis
The battle at Kulikovo Field
Church of the Raising of Lazarus
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin
Vasilii I Church of the Annunciation

ANDREI RUBLEV

Andronikov Monastery Theophan the Greek
Cathedral of the Annunciation
Cathedral of the Assumption in Vladimir Rublev and Daniil
Cathedral of the Assumption in Zvenigorod Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin in the Savvin Storozhevski Monastery
"Troitsa" Trinity Icon
St Sergius Radonezhski
Trinity Cathedral
Troitse Sergievskaya Lavra
Cathedral of the Saviour

CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE FORMATION OF THE UNIFIED RUSSIAN STATE (1460-1533)

Kiprian's Chronicle
Ivan III
Language and Literature
Pakhomii Logofet
"Legend of the Princes of Vladimir"
Reconstruction of the Kremlin
Cathedral of the Assumption
Fiorvanti, Ridolfo
Cathedral of the Annunciation
Kremlin Walls and Towers
Antonio Solari and Marco Ruffo
Spasskaya Gate Tower
The Palace of Facets
Cathedral of the Archangel Michael
Monastery of St. Ferapontov Nil Sorskii -Iosfis Volokolamski
Dionisii
Novodevichii Convent
Moscow the Third Rome
New Trends in the Arts
Secrets of the Convent of the Intercession of the Virgin at Suzdal'

THE REIGN OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE (1533-1584)

Metropolitan Makarii
Stoglav Church Council
Viskovatii, I. M.
Armory Chamber
Church of St John the Precursor at Diakovo
Church of the Transfiguration at Ostrov
Cathedral of Basil the Blessed
Svizhisk
The Red Square

STROGONOV SCHOOL OF ART

"THE TROUBLED TIMES"

Tsar Boris Gudonov
Tsar Fedor Ivanovich
Tower of Ivan the Great
Tsar of Bells
Vyazemi

THE NEW DYNASTY

Tsar Mikhail Romanov
Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich
The Armory Chamber
Portrait Painting
Hans Deterson
Engraving
The Bible of Piscator
Patriarch Nikon
Archpriest Avvakum
Boyarina Morozova
Ushakov, S. F.
Fresco Painting in the Yaroslavl region
Nikitin and Savin
Plekhanov and Ignatiev

ARCHITECTURE

Terem Palace
"Palati"
Palace at Kolomenskoye
Kizhi
Church of the Assumption at Uglich
Church of the Trinity at Nikitnikakh
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin at Putniki
Monastery of the Resurrection
The Kremlin at Rostov

CERAMICS

Krutitski Teremok
Yaroslavl
Church of St Elijah at Yaroslavl
Church of St John Chrisostom at Yaroslavl
Church of St Nikolas Mokrii at Yaroslavl
Church of St John the Precursor at Tolchkovo
Church of Grigorii Noekessariickogo Na Bol'shoi Polianke
Church of Nikity-Muchenika Za Yauzoi
Church Uspen'ia Bozhei Materi, Chto v Goncharah
Narishkin or Moscow Baroque
Church Voskreseniia v Kadashakh
Church af the Intercession of the Virgin at Fili
Church of the Savior at Ubori
Church of the Miracle of the Virgin at Dubravitsa

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Peter the Great Dominico Tresini, J. B. Leblond,
Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul Dominico Tresini
The Palace at Peterhof P.M. Yeropkin, I. K. Korobov, M. G. Zemtsov

PAINTING

Nikitin, I. M.
Matveyev, A. M
Academy of Science
Elizabeth Petrovna
Shuvalov, I. I.
The Academy of Fine Arts
Antropov and Argunov
'Losenko. A. P.
Rokotov, F. S.
Levitskii, D. G.
Borovikovski, V. L.
Genre Painting
Shibanov, M.
Yermenev, I. A.
Firsov, I,
Landscape Painting
Shchedrin, S. F.
Alekseyev, F. Ya.
Iconography of Palekh
Korobov, P. I. Lukutin, P. V.
Golikov. I. I
Mstyera and Khouli

SCULPTURE

Yermolin V. D.
Rastrelii, C. B.
Gillet, N.
Falconet, E. M. The Bronze Horseman
Shubin F. I.
Kozlovski M. I.
Shchedrin, F. F.
Martos, I. P. F. G. Gordeyev, I. P. Prokofiev, monument to "Citizen Minin and Prince Pozharskii"

ARCHITECTURE

Rastrelii, B.B. Anichkov Palace, Peterhof, Tsarskoye Selo, Smolni convent, Winter Palace, Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Kiev,
Ukhtomski. D. V. Ivan Michurin, A. P. Evlashev (Yevlashev), S. I. Chevakinskii
Vallin de la Mothe Academy of Art
Rinaldi Antonio Oranienbaum,
Cameron, Charles Pavlovsk
Veletn, Yu. M.
The Hermitage Leon de Klenze, Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider
Guarenghi, Giacomo Hermitage Theater, English Palace, Alexander's Palace
Breno, V. F. Mikhailovskii (Engineer) Castle
Starov. I. E. Trinity Cathedral, Tavricheskii (Tauride) Palace
Bazhenov. V. I.
Dom Pashkovo N. P. Rumiantsev
Kazakov. M. F.Petrovskii Dvorets, Senate Building, Golitsin Hospital, N. A. Lvov
Arkhangelskoye D. M. Golitsin, N. B. Yusupov, R. I. Klein
Ostankino Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Aleksandr I
ARCHITECTURE
Voronikhin, A. N. Cathedral of the Virgin of Kazan, Boris Ivanovich Orlovskii, S. S. Pimenov, V. I. Demut-Malinovskii,
Zakharov, A. D. Admiralty building
Bove, O. I. Municipal Hospital, Triumphal Arch, Bolshoi Theater, Church of Maria Magdalena
Stasov, V. P. Trinity Cathedral, Cathedral of the Transfiguration
Rossi, C. I. Russian Museum, Alexandrinskii Theater, Palace Square, Alexander Column
Giraldi, D. Moscow University
Monferrand, de Ricard Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Revival of Old Russian Style
Witberg, A. L.
Ton, K. A.
Cathedral of Christ the SaviorRamazonov, Loghinovskii, Klodtpjugensburg, Count Fedor Petrovich Tolstoy
Kremlin Grand Palace Armory Chamber, (Oruzheinaya Palata)
Bikovski, M. D. P. . S. Plavov, A. P. Briulov, I. A. Fomin, I. V. Zholtovskii
Sherwood, V. A. State Historical Museum, A. A. Parlanda, Church of the Resurection
Pomerantsev, A. N. GUM
Chichagov, D.
Suslov, V. V.
Walcott, V. Metropole Hotel

PAINTING

The Academy of Arts
Kiprenskii, O. A.
Tropinin, V. A.
Venetsianov, A. G V. S. Borovikovski
Bruni, F. A.
Bruillov, K. P.
Flavitskii, K. D. Princess Tarakanova
Ivanov, A. A. A. L. Olenin
Fedotov, P. A.
Landscape Painting
Alekseyev, F. Ya.
Vorobiyev, M. N.
Shchedrin, S. F.
Lebedev, M. I.
Chernetsov Brothers

SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
N. G. Chernishevskii
Stasov. V. V.
Perov V. G.
Academy of Arts A. Popov, V. V. Pukirev, F. S. Zhuravliev, I. N. Kramskoye
Association of Itinerent Art Exhbitions G. G. Miasoyedov

 
 

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