Lecture Announcement: The Architecture of the Russian North

[MARY PETRUSEWICZ]

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is pleased
to announce the following lecture by William Craft Brumfield:

      THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH:  A CULTURAL
LEGACY UNDER THREAT

         In this presentation, William Craft Brumfield will discuss his
extensive work in documenting the architecture of the Russian north,
with
particular emphasis on Vologda province.  This extensive territory
contains
some of Russia's most interesting historic architecture.  Defined by
water
networks that carried much of Muscovy's medieval trade, both to
western
Europe and to Siberia, this area includes the towns of Vologda, Totma,
and
Velikii Ustiug.  Their distinctive churches, with elaborate decoration,
have in many cases been abandoned by the decline in the area's
economic and
strategic importance.  Yet what remains is all the more remarkable on the
northern landscape, photographed for this lecture in both winter and
summer.  Also included are the monasteries at Ferapontovo and Kirillov.
       Professor Brumfield is a leading authority on the history of Russian
architecture.  He is the author and photographer of a number of works
on Russian architecture:  Gold in Azure:  One Thousand Years of
Russian Architecture (1983); The Origins of Modernism in Russian
Architecture (1991); A History of Russian Architecture (1993, now in a
third, paperback printing), which The New York Times Book Review
included in its "Notable Books of the Year 1993";  Lost Russia:
Photographing the Ruins of Russian Architecture (1995); and Landmarks
of Russian Architecture:  A Photographic Survey (1997).  His
photographs have been exhibited in museums throughout
this country and a large collection of his work has been entered into the
photographic archives of the National Gallery of Art.   He lectures
frequently at universities and museums such as the National Gallery of
Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Date:  Tuesday, February 16, 1999
Time:  4 - 6 pm
Place:  American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS,
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036 (take
the red line to Dupont Circle, south exit, walk two blocks east on
Massachusetts).

RSVP:  Mary Petrusewicz, Research Scholar Program Manager
(202-833-7522; petrusewicz at actr.org)