Rice Tamara Talbot. A Concise History of Russian Art

Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. — 292 p.This expert survey provides a complete picture of the remarkable
variety and magnificent wealth of the numerous forms of art in
Russia.
Tamara Talbot Rice, the greatest English authority on Russian
art, has set out to cover the entire subject from its beginnings in
tenth-century Kiev, the Byzantine-influenced cradle of Russian
culture, to the post-revolutionary period and death of the great
patron Diaghilev. Mrs Talbot Rice treats sculpture, metalwork,
jewelry, ceramics, folk art, and even the lubok (or peasant) woodcut
as subjects of an importance equal to that of icons and such
buildings as the churches of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Particular note must be made of the plates in this book since
many of the paintings and objects reproduced come from private
collections on the Continent and in the United States and are
therefore normally inaccessible.