The Architecture of the Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Kyiv: Uniqueness and Universality in Historical Cultural Spaces (original) (raw)

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2020

Abstract

The Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Kyiv (from the beginning of 11th c.) is the largest, most complicated, most monumental architectural object that cross-links the Ukrainian architecture stylistic experience of all times. The purpose of the study is to identify the contemporary understanding and the multifaceted cultural content of this monument, which combines the logic of thinking of medieval Byzantium and the traditions of local pagan constructions, as well as European Baroque fashion in its regional variability. The square outside the cathedral was invariably fundamental to state-building cultural events, but its context also varied in each era according to urban fashion. Uniqueness and universality are combined in this building, creating endless space to reveal its cultural content. The new interpretation of this content in every scientific generation enriches and broadens the understanding of this object itself as well as hidden inside of it the genesis of the monumental archite...

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