From forest to steppe : the Russian art of building in wood /

Throughout Russian history, local craftsmen have shown remarkable skill in fashioning wood into items of daily use, from bridges and street paving to carts and boats to household utensils and combs. Russia has the largest forested zone on the planet, so its architecture was also traditionally made f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brumfield, William Craft, 1944- (Author, Photographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, [2025].
Subjects:	Building, Wooden > Russia (Federation) > History. Architecture > Russia (Federation) > History. Vernacular architecture > Russia (Federation) > History. Building, Wooden > Russia (Federation) > Pictorial works. Architecture > Russia (Federation) > Pictorial works. Vernacular architecture > Russia (Federation) > Pictorial works.

Table of Contents:

Getting there
Wooden architecture as cultural environment. From palace to dacha : high art revisits folk traditions
The wooden ambience of Russian literature
Where the folk live : from forest to steppe. The Russian north : toward the White Sea
The heartland
Crossing the Urals
Into Siberia
The far east.