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Historic Wooden Architecture in Europe and Russia : Evidence, Study and Restoration /

This reference book explains the current state of research on contemporary methods and procedures for dealing with historic timber structures. It summarizes the results of a buildings researchers' conference in late 2014 in Prague, which was dedicated to the three main aspects essential to deal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Khodakovsky, Evgeny, Skjold Lexau, Siri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Inhalt
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Wood in the Architecture of Europe and Russia: National Specifics and International Research
  • 1. HISTORIC WOODEN ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND STUDY
  • Wooden Churches in Viking and Medieval Norway: Two Geometric and Static Strategies
  • Timber Churches in Medieval England: A Preliminary Study
  • The Archaeological Study of the Wooden Religious Architecture of Medieval Novgorod
  • 2. WRITTEN EVIDENCE ON MEDIEVAL WOODEN ARCHITECTURE
  • Viking and Medieval Wooden Churches in Norway as Described in Contemporary Texts
  • Written Sources for English Medieval Timber Architecture
  • Archives and Historical Documents in Contemporary Research of the Wooden Architecture of the Russian North
  • 3. THE ARCHITECTURAL OBJECT AS PRIMARY HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
  • Stave Church Research and the Norwegian Stave Church Programme: New Findings
  • New Questions
  • Traditional Structures in Russian Wooden Architecture: Technical Aspects
  • Wooden Elements in the Stone Architecture of Medieval Novgorod
  • Aspects of Bohemian and Swedish Wooden Bell Towers
  • 4. EMPIRICAL STUDY FOR PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION: EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVES
  • The Restoration of Wooden Architectural Monuments in Russia. Contemporary Methods and Approaches
  • The Church of the Transfiguration at Kizhi Pogost
  • Some Reflections on the Building and its Restoration
  • CONCLUSION
  • Historic Wooden Architecture in Europe and Russia: Different Approaches to New Knowledge
  • AUTHOR INFORMATION / APPENDIX / IMPRINT
  • Backmatter.