The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 24Grolier, 1992 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... style ; ( Right below ) Gold cross with pearls ( 17th century ) . RUSSIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE Moscow Kremlin , with ( from. LONDON DAILY EXPRESS , FROM PICTORIAL PARADE represent the classical period in Russian icon painting . Their ...
... style ; ( Right below ) Gold cross with pearls ( 17th century ) . RUSSIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE Moscow Kremlin , with ( from. LONDON DAILY EXPRESS , FROM PICTORIAL PARADE represent the classical period in Russian icon painting . Their ...
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... style introduced through Poland and the Ukraine . Of two kinds , the more con- servative were ornate yet basically traditional , as , for example , St. Nicholas Church in Khamovniki , Moscow ( late 16th century ) , where the profuse ...
... style introduced through Poland and the Ukraine . Of two kinds , the more con- servative were ornate yet basically traditional , as , for example , St. Nicholas Church in Khamovniki , Moscow ( late 16th century ) , where the profuse ...
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... Style A ( Herzfeld , Style III ) , closely follows the pre - Abbasid , late classical tradition . Vine leaves and grapes , and freely growing scrolls set into rectangular or polygonal panels , are cut into the plaster on the wall ...
... Style A ( Herzfeld , Style III ) , closely follows the pre - Abbasid , late classical tradition . Vine leaves and grapes , and freely growing scrolls set into rectangular or polygonal panels , are cut into the plaster on the wall ...
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