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| Wooden Churches in Lithuania |
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| Raimondas Paknys, Dalia Vasiliūnienė |
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The aim of the authors of this publication was to create a book that would offer impressive, but also unexpected and unusual images of Lithuania’s most beautiful wooden churches. In bypassing a scholarly study of heritage, or the traditionally accepted representative recording of only the most valuable works, the hope is that readers of this book will feel as if they are travelling Lithuania’s villages and towns as passers-by, free of preconceived notions, and by chance opening the heavy doors of a modest church building, to unexpectedly discover the beauty that lies within. One’s eye will hopefully be drawn to the rough-hewn timbers flecked with light, the old benches lining the naves, luxurious altars with their singular varieties of form and colour hovering in the depths beyond the presbytery, the thickets of carved flora and wooden acanthi flickering a dull gold, naively worshipful faces of the saints, the frozen smiles of plump-cheeked angels, the beam of light on the worn wooden floors.
We trust that the images in this book will both please the eye, and allow the reader to behold the spirit of the past hovering inside each church, to hear the quiet of secluded places undisturbed by modern rhythms, to feel the eternal cycle of the liturgical year that has been quietly spinning for centuries.
Principal funding – Ministry of Culture, Department of Cultural Heritage.
Separate publications In Lithuanian and English.
Hard cover with jacket, 270×310 mm, 240 p. |
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ISBN 978-9955-736-43-1 (Lithuanian)
ISBN 978-9955-736-42-4 (English)
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| Lietuva |
| Memorable Lithuania |
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"Turning the pages of this book, you will find Lithuania – a land of contrast and variety, of subtle and memorable beauty. A. Lithuania patiently fostering a renascent nature, and cherishing the monuments of its past," – writes Tomas Venclova in the introduction to this album.
The memorable images in this book are designed to introduce the country and to augment existing knowledge, to act as a source of quiet contemplation, or the close observation of the beauty of familiar places. It is a document of the photographers’ respectful approach, and of the empathetic and creative service of their art, to Divine and human creation.
Photographers – Arūnas Baltėnas, Raimondas Paknys, Kęstutis Stoškus
Introduction author – Tomas Venclova
Caption author – Audra Kairienė
Artist – Isaac Zibuts
Lithuanian and English; colour photographs
Hard cover, with jacket and case. 156 p., 275×310 mm |
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ISBN 978-9955-736-07-3 (Lithuanian/English) /sold out/
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| Lithuania |
| History. Nature. Culture. Cities |
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An illustrated introduction to Lithuania, containing the most interesting and relevant written and visual information on the country.
The book includes a concise history with photographs of historical sites, monuments, and museum treasures.
An account of the effect of the landscape, and of social and cultural changes, on its development, is illustrated with images of nature and of scenes from rural life. There is an extensive chapter dedicated to the natural, ethnic, and historical treasures of the country’s national parks. A description of the uniqueness of the Lithuanian language refers to its more significant historical aspects, the use of personal nouns, origins of the country’s name, etc.
A brief chapter on religion presents Lithuania’s pagan tradition and rich Christian heritage.
Extensive accounts reveal the nation’s historical and developing culture, and images of museum treasures illustrate its surviving traditions.
A chapter on the development of Lithuania’s rich architectural heritage is generously illustrated with photographs of its architectural monuments.
Separate chapters are dedicated to the country’s most important cities – Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, and Palanga.
The book also includes general statistical information.
Text author: Audra Kairienė.
Translators: Vida Urbonavičius-Watkins, Markus Roduner, Caroline Paliulis.
Photographers: Arūnas Baltėnas, Stanislovas Kairys, Antanas Lukšėnas, Aleksandras Ostašenkovas, Raimondas Paknys, Kęstutis Stoškus, Gediminas Trečiokas, Virgilijus Usinavičius, Saulius Valius, Martynas Vidzbelis.
Artist: Isaac Zibuts.
Available in English, German, French
Hard cover, 112 p., 300×225 mm, 160 colour illustrations |
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ISBN 978-9955-736-15-8 (English)
ISBN 978-9955-736-16-5 (German)
ISBN 978-9955-736-14-1 (French)
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| Lithuania |
| Souvenir album |
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Small souvenir album with beautiful images of the symbolic sites, landscapes, cities and people of Lithuania.
Available in English and in German; colour photographs.
Hard cover, 48 p., 175x195 mm. |
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ISBN 978-9955-736-09-7 (english) /sold out/
ISBN 978-9955-736-08-0 (german)
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| Lithuanian landscape |
| Lietuvos peizažas |
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| Raimondas Paknys |
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The critics were especially impressed with the characteristically artistic taste, and comprehensiveness of this book. "[The album] encompasses all of Lithuania and its natural diversity, including Aukštaitija, Dzūkija, Sūduva, Žemaitija, the seaside. The album can be considered an integral epic work polyphonically connecting images into an artistic totality... Which we too experience when we travel across Lithuania in the wake of the sun, and back again; when, during different times of the year, we reach the sea, and the dunes on the Curonian Spit, with its manifestations of ingenious creativity in sky, sand, sea and wind."
Introduction author – Marcelijus Martinaitis
Artist – Isaac Zibuts
Lithuanian and English; 113 colour photographs
Hard cover, with jacket and case. 144 p., 270x310 mm |
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ISBN 9986-830-81-8 (Lithuanian/English, with jacket)
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| Lithuania |
| Guide |
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| Giedrė Jankevičiūtė |
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A new guide designed for those travellers interested in discovering the history, culture and nature of the country they are visiting. This book differs from other introductions to Lithuania in its broad historical and cultural context and careful selection of important sites and objects. A diverse and copious amount of information is presented in an easily readable style. Not surprisingly, it is written by an art historian, a broad-minded academic and author of many publications in her field, who also happens to be a passionate and observant traveller. The text is well illustrated with numerous beautiful images of buildings, monuments, and landscapes. The guide can even be utilised as a valuable correspondence introduction to the interesting sights of Lithuania.
The book's 11 chapters encompass Lithuania's 10 regions, and the city of Vilnius. A concise history of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, and important facts from the past of other cities and villages provides historical depth to their present-day form. Sections on the national parks of Aukštaitija, Dzūkija, Žemaitija, the Curonian Spit, and the Trakai historical park reveal the diversity of their nature, history, and ethnography. Here you will find descriptions of the most interesting architectural monuments (religious sanctuaries, public buildings, estates, mills and bridges), works of art (sacral paintings, memorials, crosses and chapels), the wonders of nature (parks, lakes, rivers, rocks, hills and trees), museums, historical sites, etc.
The guide contains over 1,000 colour illustrations, maps of each region and of the three major cities (Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda), and indexes of described places and personalities.
Soft cover, 440 p., 215x125 mm |
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ISBN 9986-830-97-4 (Lithuanian)
ISBN 9986-830-98-2 (English) /sold out/
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| Souvenir Lithuania album |
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Indispenable if one is considering a book about Lithuania as a gift. Compact in size, yet full of information about the entire country.
Available in German and in English; colour photographs
Hard cover, 48 p., 150x210 mm |
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ISBN 9986-830-54-0 (English)
ISBN 9986-830-55-9 (German)
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