A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 241
country exhibit a power of ilesignnot surpassed by the log churches of Norway(see Scandinavia) oi- the chalets of Switzerland.That influence which was to change the char-acter of church architecture throughout theempire seems to have come into Russia notearlier than the twelfth century. This was… … Russia. Fig. 2: Chikih hf the Intercessiox of THF, VlRGiy AT PoKROVA; SEE THE GREEK Pla.v, Fig. 1. at lea.st in decoration, by a more purely Orientalspirit which is manifested in earlier Russianmanuscripts, jewelleiy, and other minor arts ofdecoration. The immediate re.sult of this wasthat tiie…
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