בידספיריט | נכס Grabar I. History of Russian | 11/10/2020 | The Arc

Grabar I. History of Russian art. Volume III, IV. History of architecture. - M. Edition And. Knebel. b/g. Semi-leather binding, 24.5 x 30 cm. Very good condition, worn binding. Volume III. St. Petersburg architecture in the XVIII and XIX centuries. 584 PP. Volume IV. Moscow architecture in the era of Baroque and classicism. Russian architecture after classicism. 104 p.  Academician I. E. Grabar was the initiator and editor of the multi-volume publication ”History of Russian art”, the author of a Number of its most important sections. The most valuable artistic and archival material collected in this work made it possible to show the richness and greatness of Russian art. Grabar first thought of publishing The history of Russian art in 1902, when the publisher of the magazine” Niva ” A. F. Marx asked him to revise and Supplement the ”History of art” by P. P. Gnedich. Refusing to ”rework Gnedich”, Grabar offered to publish a new ”History of Russian art” and, having received consent, for many years delved into the study of the archives of the Academy of arts, Academy of Sciences, Senate, Synod, Ministry of the court, etc. The first version of the program ”History of Russian art” was ready in January 1907. The entire edition was to consist of 12 volumes (3,000 illustrations); architecture was to be divided into special volumes. In 1909-1916, 5 volumes were published, Grabar became the author of almost all sections devoted to architecture. The most famous and outstanding figures of Russia took part in the processing of the publication: Russian artists - A. Benois, I. ya.Bilibin, A. M. Vasnetsov, Baron Von N. N. Wrangel, architects - F. F. Gornostaev, S. P. Diaghilev, academicians of art N. P. Kondakov, S. K. Makovsky, Prof. G. G. Pavlutsky, archit.V. A. Pokrovsky, N. K. Roerich, PRIV.-Assoc.N. I. Romanov, Prof. M. I. Rostovtsev, PRIV.-Assoc.A. A. Spitsyn, etc.N. A. Skvortsov, prof. archit. V. V. Suslov, V. K. Trutovsky, prof. A. I. Uspensky, prof. B. V. Farmakovsky, archit. I. A. Fomin, archit. A.V. Shchusev, etc.. Rare illustrations, photographs, drawings and descriptions of works of art, some of which have already been lost in our time, disappeared in the fire of wars and revolutions, make this work absolutely priceless! We can only regret that the authors were not able to complete all that was intended...