Russian houses / by Elizabeth Gaynor and Kari Haavisto ; with essays by Darra Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaynor, Elizabeth, 1946-

Contributor:

Haavisto, Kari.

Goldstein, Darra.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic--Russia (Federation)--Themes, motives.

Architecture, Domestic.

Interior decoration--Russia (Federation)--History--19th century--Themes, motives.

Interior decoration.

History.

Themes, motives.

Russia (Federation).

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

287 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

[Köln] : Evergreen, [© 1994]

Notes:

"Evergreen is a label of Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH."

"'Russian Houses' explores the diversity and magnificence, the compelling style and remarkable beauty of Russian dwellings."--Dust jacket.

Includes index.

1. Provincial Life. Kizhi; Peter the Great's Cabin; Novgorod Timber Houses; Stationmaster's House; Tsiolkovsky; Village Houses -- 2. Imperial Palaces. Peterhof; Menshikov; Tsarskoe Selo; Pavlovsk; Ostankino; Yusupov -- 3. Golden Age. Pushkin; Tolstoy; Dosteovsky; Nekrasov; Tchaikovsky; Chekhov; Abramtsevo; Vasnetsov; Voloshin; Polenov; Repin; Gorky; Blok; Chaliapin; Lenin; Stanislavsky; Pasternak -- 4. Contemporary Life. Brussilowsky; Melnikov; Junger; Morozova; Jutovski; Gorelik; Kapelush; Sanovich; Scientist's Dacha; Berezhnaya; Rezvin; Dobrokhotova; Fisherman's Cottages.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

3822890499

OCLC:

33392867