Research Guides: RUS 266G: Introduction to Russian Culture: Art & Architecture

Russian Art and Architecture

The following books are overviews of Russian art and architecture and are just a sampling of what's available at the Fulton Library. To find more books, use the instructions below to search for books on specific artists, such as Marc Chagall, Ilya Repin, Ivan Shishkin, and others. Note: Don't forget to search for alternate spellings of Russian names if you don't find any results after your first search.

Architecture at the End of the Earth (Print Book) by William Craft Brumfield
Publication Date: 2015

Carpeted in boreal forests, dotted with lakes, cut by rivers, and straddling the Arctic Circle, the region surrounding the White Sea, which is known as the Russian North, is sparsely populated and immensely isolated. It is also the home to architectural marvels, as many of the original wooden and brick churches and homes in the region's ancient villages and towns still stand. Featuring nearly two hundred full color photographs of these beautiful centuries-old structures, Architecture at the End of the Earth is the most recent addition to William Craft Brumfield's ongoing project to photographically document all aspects of Russian architecture.
History of Russian Architecture (Print Book) by William Craft Brumfield
Publication Date: 1997

The most comprehensive study of this subject to date, A History of Russian Architecture surveys Russian building from the masonry churches of tenth-century Kievan Rus to the pre-fabricated built environments of the present. Subject to cultural and stylistic influences from both East and West, Russian architecture nonetheless developed its own distinctive approaches to building, as demonstrated in the four parts of the study: early medieval Rus up to the Mongol invasion in the mid-twelfth century; the revival of architecture in Novgorod and Muscovy from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries; the cultural revolution in architecture in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; and the advent of modern architecture.
Icons (Ebook) by Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov
Publication Date: 2009

This book is also available in print.
This work analyzes the evolution of iconic art from its beginning in the Byzantine period, until the time of the Russian Empire.
Russian Painting (Ebook) by Peter Leek
Publication Date: 2005

In this book, we come to understand the author's viewpoint on Russian culture as a combination of western culture as well as eastern. These influences are demonstrated in the works and cover a vast pictorial scope. Artists such as Borovikovsky, Serov, Vrubel, Briullov, Fedotov, Repin, Shishkin and Levitan, among many others, bring their own fundamental contribution to the history of art. Peter Leek puts the evolution of the history of Russian art after the fall of communism into perspective.

Museums Featuring Russian Art

The following museums specialize in Russian art, but this is not a comprehensive list. For more resources that can help you find Russian art online, see the Finding Images page of this guide.

Museum of Russian Art
The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) promotes understanding of the art, people, and culture of Muscovite Russia, the Russian Empire, and the former republics of the Soviet Union through outstanding exhibitions, cultural presentations, and educational programs serving the people of Minnesota and the nation.
State Hermitage Museum
Originally founded by Catherine the Great in 1764, the State Hermitage Museum is one of the largest museums in the world. It contains thousands of works of art and historic artifacts.
State Russian Museum
The State Russian Museum is the world’s largest collection of Russian art, housed in a unique architectural complex in the historical centre of St Petersburg...It was the first museum of Russian art, initiated by Emperor Alexander III...The museum collection contains over 400,000 exhibits covering all major periods and trends in the history of Russian art, all main types and genres, trends, and schools of Russian art over more than a thousand years: from the tenth to the twenty-first century.

Finding Books

To find other books on this subject, use the search box on the library's homepage. The search box defaults to Articles. To look for books, toggle over to Books and more. This will limit your search to books and ebooks.

Finding Books: UVU Fulton Library Homepage
Use the search box on the library's homepage to search for more books. Enter a few search terms, a title, or an author into the box, then hit enter or click the magnifying glass. Once your search runs, you can filter your results by clicking the All Filters button, located just below the search box.

Arts Librarian

Mary Naylor Stephens

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Subjects: Art & Art History, Dance, Music, Theatre

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