Main entry:

Rappoport, P. A. (Pavel Aleksandrovich)

Title & Author:

Building the churches of Kievan Russia / Pavel A. Rappoport.

Publication:

Brookfield, VT : Variorum, ©1995.

Description:

xvii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Foreword / Cyril Mango -- 1. Brick -- 2. Stone -- 3. Lime and mortars -- 4. Ceramic floor tiles -- 5. 'Resonators' -- 6. Window glass and mosaic -- 7. Foundations -- 8. Walls -- 9. Arches, vaults, openings -- 10. Staircases -- 11. Wooden elements in the buildings -- 12. Floors -- 13. Roofs -- 14. Laying the foundations and laying out the building on the site -- 15. The period of construction -- 16. The construction process -- 17. The size and structure of the building teams -- 18. The social position of the builders.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0860783278
9780860783275

Subject:

Church buildings Kyivan Rus Design and construction History.
Church architecture Kyivan Rus History.
Architecture, Byzantine Kyivan Rus History.
Architecture chrétienne Russie kiévienne Histoire.
Architecture byzantine Russie kiévienne Histoire.
Architecture, Byzantine
Church architecture
Church buildings Design and construction
Kerkbouw.
Europe Kyivan Rus

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 110662
Call No.: ID TH4221.R37; ID:94-B588
Status: Available