Table of Contents

Part 1 Kievan Russia: the past of Kiev; the architecture of Kiev - 990-1240; the archiecture of Novgorod and Pskov 990-1500; the architecture of Vladimir-Suzdal 1110-1240; mosaics and frescoes in Kiev; the first Russian sculpture; frescoes in Vladimir and Novgorod. Part 2 Icon-painting: icon-painting - criticism, iconography and technique; the earliest icons 990-1250; provincial schools of the 13th and 14th centuries; 15th century painting - Moscow; 15th century painting - Novgorod; painting in Moscow in the later 15th and 16th centuries. Part 3 The art of Muscovy: wooden church architecture; architecture in Moscow - 1400-1600; 17th century architecture - the "Moscow Baroque"; secular architecture; the beginning of modern painting - Moscow, 1550-1700. Part 4 St Petersburg: Peter's baroque - 1703-41; Elizabeth's rococo - 1741-62; the classicism of Catherine II - 1762-96; the Alexandrian empire - 1796-1850; the medieval revival - 18th century romantic architecture. Part 5 Modern Russian art: 18th-century painting and sculpture; romanticism; ideological realism; the Slavic revival and Mir Iskusstva.