Church Culture of St. Petersburg

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The Church Culture of St. Petersburg. Viacheslav Mukhin. St. Petersburg: Ivan Fedorov, 1994. An exemplary exploration of the main churches, revered icons, local saints, and holy places of St. Petersburg from 1721 to 1917. Mukhin shows how the many works of applied art, icons, architecture (crowns, encolpia, chalices, bible covers, icon frames, icons, wall-paintings, churches, palaces, monastery ensembles) make up a substantial part of Russia’s artistic heritage and reflect its singular adaptation of western styles to traditional Russian-Byzantine forms.

Russia (St. Petersburg): Ivan Fedorov, 1994. Large hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. 256 pages. Some wear to covers, text near fine. With 108 black and white illustr., and 112 in color. Text is in English. 1 copy only.