New materials regarding research in the fields of architecture and urban construction are being presented. The authors also focus on the history of the creation of little-known buildings of interest, on the development of local architectural traditions, on new attributions, and introduce recently discovered archive materials. A number of papers are dedicated to the issues of architectural and urban planning development of historical towns and cities or study the formation of architectural ensembles. The edition also includes papers that are devoted to theoretical historical-architectural problems, to biographies of architects, or analyze artistic approaches and concepts.
Issue 59 (2013)
I. A. Bondarenko.
Patriarchal Traditions of Early Russian Town Building
The author analyzes the most characteristic and persistent architectural and town construction traditions of early Russia, based on patriarchal and community values of everyday life, which have retained their significance at the stage of early statehood, during the heyday of the Grand Duchy of Kiev, the epoch of feudal division and in the time of the dominance of Moscow, when the institutes of the monarchy were being formed. The author shows that these traditions were determined by the idea of hierarchical subordination, decorum and appropriateness, with an adequate degree of creative freedom still being allowed.
Keywords
Early Russia, town building, architecture, patriarchal and community traditions, hierarchy, statehood, regulation and freedom.