Since its initial publication in 1993; A History of Russian Architecture has remained the most comprehensive study of the topic in English; a volume that defines the main components and sources for Russia’s architectural traditions in their historical context; from the early medieval period to the present. This edition includes 80 new full-page color separations; many of which are published here for the first time; as well as a new Prologue and elegant photographic essay drawn from the author’s research and fieldwork over the past decade in remote areas of the Russian north and Siberia.Subject to influences from east and west; Russian architecture’s distinctive approaches to building are documented in four parts of this definitive 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 the seventeenth centuries; Peter the Great’s cultural revolution; which extended through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; and the advent of modern; avant-garde; and monumental Soviet architecture. Beautifully illustrated and carefully researched; A History of Russian Architecture provides an invaluable cultural history that will be of interest to scholars and general audiences alike.View the William C. Brumfield Russian Architecture Collection online at http://depts.washington.edu/ceir/brumfield
#1425448 in Books Robert A Voeks 1997-01-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.21 x .54 x 6.14l; .94 #File Name: 0292787316256 pagesSacred Leaves of Candomble African Magic Medicine and Religion in Brazil
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy maria diestroIf you are studying anthropology specially a religious class these book will help you to understand better1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Good informationBy Mariana OnikaaA lot of good information in here. The more I read about Candomble; the more I feel like South America has the premium information about our tradition... The stuff lost on the continent as well as the adaptations made in the diaspora.22 of 23 people found the following review helpful. Voeks offers a fresh perspective!By eg83@columbia.eduPeter Voeks has accomplished something that Anthropologists and Religious Studies scholars have failed to do for years-- he has given us a fresh perspective on Candomble. Not since the early work of Robert Farris Thompson and Pierre Verger have I been so intrigued by a new publication on Afro-Brazilian religion. Voeks' book is both thoughtful and sensitive; and has something to offer the experienced student of Afro-Braziliana.
