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 72
I. A. Bondarenko.
Perceptions of Architectural Innovations in Traditional Russian Culture
The article analyzes perceptions of architectural innovations as evaluated by Russian belief system, which is rooted deeply in Middle Ages and Paganism. The aforementioned architectural innovations are examined in a broader cultural context and that allows to draw parallels between the former and rituals thus either to rejecting the new and unknown and or to master it. The article traces as new tendencies emerge and replace the old ones; it also studies the aspiration to achieve the ideal of eternal youth. In conclusion, the author describes the late-medieval Moscow as infinitely growing and rejuvenating New Tsargrad. However, many contemporaries also thought that the eschatological prophecies had come to life and the “devilish motliness” had come to replace the sacred tradition.
Keywords:
architecture, art, culture, traditions, rituals, old times, innovation, timing cycles, regeneration, rejuvenation, ideal of eternal youth.
Bondarenko Igor Andreevich,
Dr. habil. (Architecture), professor, Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAASN) Academician, Research Institute of the Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning (branch of the Central Institute for Research and Design of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation), chief research fellow.
E-mail: igor.bondarenko.54@mail.ru
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