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William Craft Brumfield. Gold In Azure: One Thousand Years of Russian Architecture. A solid, ambitious and comprehensive illustrated history of Russian monumental architecture for both experts and general readers. Church architecture and many other buildings are covered - some for the first time in a western publication - including Vladimir of Kiev's Desyatinnaya, Novgorod's Cathedral of Saint Sofia, the Kremlin Cathedral of Moscow, and many more. Includes a great chapter on the Wooden churches of Russia. 80 color and nearly 300 black and white illustrations. Pictorial endpapers of the Admiralty and environs and of The Anichkov Palace. Dustjacket photo of the Church of Saint Andrew in Kiev.
(MA): Boston: David R. Godine, 1983. 429 pages, index, notes, bibliography, appendices. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. About fine, no ownership marks. 1 copy only.
