Monuments of ancient architecture of Russia.

Apollo (HL) No. 6 – 7, 1916

Monuments of ancient architecture of Russia. Part one. Our province. Ed.  "The Rosehip" c. 7 p. 50 kopec. G.K. Lukomsky

Apollo, December 1914 No. 10

In his recently published new work, G.K. Lukomsky addressed the topic extremely Extensive and Just as Important: Introduce Construction  p in the s to the province, having begun his review of the monuments of antiquity the first reliably elucidated history of construction epochs and bringing it up to the 50s of the X1X century. The task is undoubtedly absolutely new in the literature about Russian architecture, taken very witty and with its successful implementation is very grateful.Indeed, we have no idea of the value of monuments in one or another provincial city of our vast fatherland; we can neither study nor compare them, whereas an illustrated list of them would be an invaluable aid to us, even in choosing the forms of buildings of our day.

In addition, as the author of the first guide to the complex and vast realm of Russian architectural antiquity rightly points out to us, such inventory is of great importance for the purposes of preserving antiquity, for example, in the case of questions about the nature of the world.   I'm sorry.   The value of one or another monument.

But is it possible to solve this problem to one person? Hardly. One detour and thorough inspection   in   In addition, filming all buildings that deserve this would require many years of time and very significant costs. Nalo remember that in this area in everything, to the last detail, you have to start working with   cm   G.K. Lukomsky was quite consistent, understanding his work primarily as an experience exceptionally indicative and therefore giving only a few samples of each type and not claiming to be exhaustive. But what G.K. Lukomsky managed to collect and describe gives us the right to marvel at the indefatigability of this figure, who spoke with his colleagues.  studies only 6-7 years ago and  He gave a number of significant works – well-deservedly known, for example, about Kostroma, about Vologda, about the new and old Petrograd, about the old Volyn, Voronezh, Galicia, etc. (by the way, the vast majority of them have already sold out), and finally this extensive work – more than 400 pages of descriptions.in foliowith a large number of reproductions from samples, often completely unknown or for the most part first published.

However, this exceptional productivity of the author we are examining is partly a sin. In his recent work, unfortunately, there are already traces of some fatigue. So, in this work, somewhat hasty, apparently only outlined as a grateful topic for future, more long-term research, the last chapters, at least about cottages and estates.interieurAh, city houses. Illustrations performed from the cliché of an art and graphic institution  “Union”, in its clarity and clarity, fully meet the tasks of the book.

Vs.Dm.