Ten centuries of Russian art! This volume invites you to this fabulous journey through time and space. Over the six hundred pages, the authors tell the upheavals of a story which, from Kiev to Moscow, via Vladimir, Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, never leaves the reader in peace. While the political unity of a young state asserted itself, the baptism of Russia, proclaimed by Vladimir I in 988, gave birth to an exceptional art which, while detaching itself from the model of Byzantium, remained in close symbiosis with the 'Orthodox Church ; icon art and architecture did not stop evolving over the ages, punctuated by big names like Theophane-le-Grec and the prodigious Andrei Roublev. In 1682, the advent of Pierre-le-Grand turned this art of gold and incense upside down: throughout the 18th century, opening to the West served the splendors of a world that expressed, against all odds , his own genius. With the 19th century, Russia entered the concert of the great nations: Thanks to exclusive reports, the iconography brings the reader into the churches, palaces and museums of all of Russia, as we rediscover it today. Local area delivery is available for this item, please inquire about cost.