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Sergey Zagraevsky
Architecture of North-Eastern
of the end of
XIII–early XIV c.
Published in Russian:
Çàãðàåâñêèé Ñ.Â. Çîä÷åñòâî Ñåâåðî-Âîñòî÷íîé Ðóñè êîíöà XIII–ïåðâîé òðåòè XIV âåêà. Ì.: Àëåâ-Â, 2003. ISBN
5-94025-046-7
The book formed the basis for a dissertation for the degree of Ph. D. in Architecture, specialty 18.00.01 ("Theory and
history of architecture, restoration and reconstruction of historical and
architectural heritage ")
Chapter I. The epoch of Dmitry Donskoy?
Chapter II. The epoch of Daniil
of Moscow and his sons
Chapter IV. The epoch of “ambitious economy”
Conclusion
Attention!
The following text
was translated from Russian original by the computer program
and has not
yet been edited.
So it can be used
only for general introduction.
So,
in actual fact "dark time" in the history of ancient architecture is
not so evil. In total, we were able to identify sixteen stone temples,
built in the end of XIII century to the first third of the XIV century (see
item 3 of the main 4), and in this number we have not included the
controversial assumption Cathedral of the founding of the monastery.
The
And
based on what we know about the architecture of this period, we may say that in
the most difficult times of the Mongol yoke of North-Eastern Russia has not
lost spiritual independence, not dropped out of the "mainstream" of
world architectural and artistic thought and not changed its cultural
orientation on the most civilized Nations of the world.
Of
course, the enormous difficulties faced by the country and the people, could
not affect the architecture - "the mirror of the epoch". Save
accounted for all, including for stone construction. But the architecture as
art, live by their own laws, and certain of its achievements are not linked with
the amount of investment and the time spent on the creation of the monument.
And
such surviving masterpieces style "ambitious economy, as Nicholas Church
in Kamenskoye and the Church of the Nativity of the virgin in Gorodnya, we can
rightly be compared with the best samples and pre and post-Mongol of ancient
Russian architecture. According to the author of this book, after a radical
review of illegal stereotype perception of these temples as "provincial,
naive and backward", a magnificent
And
reconstructed us Moscow Dormition Cathedral 1326-1327 years does not look
"ugly duckling" or opposite to Uspensky Cathedral in Vladimir or near
the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, nor near the assumption
Cathedral, Aristotle Fioravanti. Just "there is a season, and a time to
every purpose under heaven" (the EC. 3:1).
© Sergey Zagraevsky
Chapter I. The epoch of Dmitry Donskoy?
Chapter II. The epoch of Daniil of
Moscow and his sons
Chapter IV. The epoch of “ambitious economy”
To the
page “Scientific works”