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the twentieth century. The masterpieces of wooden architecture reviewed in this exhibit evolved from the indigenous log construction heritage of eastern and central Europe. Until recent times in the forest-covered Ukraine the primary building material was timber rather than brick or stone. Simple dwellings as well as grand edifices were built out of wood. The wooden construction was perfected and has been preserved in the form of village churches and bell towers throughout Ukraine. The basic type of a timber church consisted of a sequence of three square units; antechamber, the main hall of wor ship, and the presbytery. Each unit was separately roofed. The church buildings, belfry, gate and fence around the church yard formed an architectural composition. Although small in comparison to urban places of worship built of brick and stone, the wooden houses of worship of Ukraine impress one by their adherence and unity of all parts that merge into semblence of a large scale sculpture. They have been described as the high est achievements of master carpenters and woodcarvers. The millenia-old Ukrainian timber architecture evolved on the basis of indigenous building traditions, accepting those influences and styles that suited timber building material and the tastes of the master builders and their patrons. One of the peculiarities of vernacular architecture is that parallel with the evolution of new styles, old ones continue to be used. The church build ing was designed as a three-dimensional and symmet- #22 NOVOSELYTSIA (Now Novomoskovs’ke), Zaporizhzhia. COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (1773- 78, rebuilt in 1888). A pinnacle of Ukrainian wooden architecture. Nine par tite (cruciform-in-plan) building with nine cupolas. Commissioned by the Zaporizhia Host. Builder Yakym Pohrebniak. (Photo: Irma and Wolodymyr Pylyshenko collection). Новоселиця (тепер Новомосковськ), Запоріжжя. Собор на церква Пресятоі Трійці (1773-78, перебудована 1888 p.). Фото з колекції Ірми і Володимира Пилишенків. Виставка Українського Музею в Нью Иорку: " Дерев’яні храми України — шедеври архітектури”. #17 CHORTKIV, Galicia. CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION (1738). Tripartite building with three cupolas. Rectangular plan of the narthex, faceted plans of nave and sanctuary. All three cupolas are united under one mansard roof. (Photo: Sophia K. and Titus D. Hewryk collection). Чортків, Галичина. Церква Вознесіння (1738). Фото з ко лекції Софії_ і Тита Гевриків. Виставка Українського Музею Нью Йорк: "Дерев’яні храми України — шедеври ар хітектури”. 20 ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ГРУДЕНЬ 1987 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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