Shvidkovski , Dmitri Olegovich. Shorban, Ekaterina. Wood, Antony. Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts:Russian architecture and the West / Dmitry Shvidkovskiy
- First edition 2007, ISBN: 9780300109122
Hardcover
Looking for a 1st edition Unger's Bible Handbook in a "fine" or as new condition? It's here! This 930 page exquisite hardback volume is a true 1966 FIRST EDITION with a 2nd printing date … More...
Looking for a 1st edition Unger's Bible Handbook in a "fine" or as new condition? It's here! This 930 page exquisite hardback volume is a true 1966 FIRST EDITION with a 2nd printing date of July 1966 (1st printing was May 1966). Goodreads states: 'If any book is indispensable for Bible study, this is it! Here in one book is a treasury of biblical truth, a companion to Bible study, an encyclopedia of information, and a comprehensive guide to understanding the Scriptures. Unger's Bible Handbook contains a literal library of pertinent biblical data, based on recent archaeological discoveries and the latest evangelical scholarshipa mountain of facts at your fingertips. Scholarly yet readily understood, its format is attractive and the type easy to read. This is not a random collection of miscellaneous facts. It is carefully organized to form a commentary on God's Word, with an Introduction and a Discussion of each book of the Bible and its relationship to the complete biblical revelation. It gives a comprehensive yet concise Introduction to the Bible, including its historical and archaeological background. It provides a history of the formation and preservation of the Bible, an outline of the Intertestamental period, pertinent statistics, a synopsis of church history, and a Survey of the principal world religions. Rarely has so much been compressed into a single volume. Truly a handbook, it contains a wealth of charts, maps, photographic illustrations, drawings, outlines and indexes. It will prove valuable to students, ministers, teachers, writers, and to every Christian layman. Almost as new! Very lightly used. NO MARKS! All pages are intact, not marred by any notes, underlining or highlighting. NO highlighting! NOTex-Library. There is NO name Initials, date & price in small letters w/pen + ExLibris on FEP.The spine is undamaged and the binding is tight; no creases. Binding tight, hinges strong. Perfect beautiful textured teal covers with bright bold gilt lettering on spine; NO rips, tears, or corner bumps. Collector's quality! Super nice Each book visually inspected. The pictures depict the actual book you will receive. Countries other than USA will require additional shipping cost. Ships with Tracking Number!, Moody Press, 1966, 2.5, New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 434 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-419) and index. Translated from the Russian. Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2007. Contents; I. Between Byzantine and Romanesque : A choice of faith and a choice of architecture -- The architecture of Kievan Rus': the emergence of a model for sacred -- buildings -- Romanesque in north-eastern Rus': the architecture of Vladimir: -- historical context -- The earliest cathedrals of north-eastern Rus' -- The churches of Andrey Bogolyubsky and the Lombard masters -- The Cathedral of St Demetrius and the depiction of Paradise -- St George's Cathedral in Yur'yev-Pol'sky: an encyclopedia of Russian -- Romanesque -- The Mongol invasion and the absence of Gothic -- The beginnings of Moscow architecture -- II. The Moscow Renaissance : Byzantine masters in Renaissance Italy and Moscow -- The prospects of a Moscow ""renaissance"" -- Foreigners' accounts of new buildings in Moscow at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- Aristotele Fioravanti and Filarete -- Aristotele Fioravanti in Italy -- Fioravanti, Cardinal Vissarion and Semyon Tolbuzin -- The architectural programme of the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin and the ""early Greek piety laid down by God"" -- The building of Fioravanti's Cathedral of the Dormition -- Russian, Italian and Byzantine features in the Cathedral of the Dormition -- The Solari building dynasty in Milan and Moscow -- The late fifteenth-century Lombard fortifications and grand princes' palace in the Kremlin -- Alevisio Lamberti da Montagnana and the burial-place of the princes of Moscow -- Moscow traditional architecture in the Renaissance period -- The symbolism of the Third Rome: Vasily III and the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye -- III. Post-Byzantine ""Mannerism"" in Muscovite state : Post-Byzantine ""Mannerism""? The stylistic features of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Russian architecture -- St Basil's Cathedral and the architectural tastes of Ivan the Terrible -- The meaning of St Basil's Cathedral -- New tower-form and traditional churches in the second half of the sixteenth century -- English architects at the court of Ivan the Terrible -- The reign of Boris Godunov: tradition and a new wave of Italianisms -- The architecture of the first of the Romanovs and Christopher Galloway -- The architecture of Alexis Mikhaylovich. IV. Russian Imperial Baroque : Peter the Great's architectural reforms -- Architectural ""manners"" in Moscow in the early Petrine era -- The founding of St Petersburg and the transformation of Moscow: the image of a new empire -- Peter the Great's foreign architects: -- Baroque St Petersburg -- The birth of Russian Imperial Baroque -- The style of Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli -- V. The Russian Enlightenment : ""Legislomania"" and the architectural utopia of Catherine the Great -- Jean-Baptiste-Michel Vallin de la Mothe and the emergence of Russian Neoclassicism -- Antonio Rinaldi and the brief life of Russian Rococo -- Russian pupils of Charles de Wailly: the return of Vasily Bazhenov and Ivan Starov -- Catherine the Great's architectural programme for Moscow: Vasily Bazhenov, Matvey Kazakov and Nicolas Legrand -- The revival of Antiquity and Palladianism: Charles-Louis Clsseau, Charles Cameron, Giacomo Quarenghi and Nikolay L'vov -- Town and country in the Age of Enlightenment -- Architecture and politics in the last years of the reign of Catherine the Great -- VI. The European Century : Neoclassicism, the Russian style and eclecticism -- Vincenzo Brenna and the architectural fate of Paul I -- The ""Rome Prize"" style in St Petersburg in the reign of Alexander I -- Moscow after the fire of 1812: Iosif Bove and Domenico Gilardi -- Vying with ancient Rome: The St Petersburg of Karl Rossi, Vasily Stasov and Auguste-Ricard de Montferrand -- Utopia in Neoclassical garb: William Hastie model planning system -- From Gothic Revival to Russian style -- Alexander II and Alexander III: an era of retrospection -- Russian Art Nouveau and Neoclassical nostalgia on the eve of revolution -- VII. The Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras : The architecture of Soviet Russia and the West -- The Soviet Neoclassical Revival and its replacement by industrialized architecture -- Architecture of the Post-Soviet era. Subjects; Architecture Russia. Architecture Russia European influence. Architecture European influences. Architecture Russia History. Architecture Russia Western influences. Architecture Russia. Architecture Russia European influences. Architecture Russia (Federation). Architecture Russia (Federation) European influences. Architecture Russia Influences. Architecture. Architectural sites : Russia : archaeology. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated., New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007, 0<
