The church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople as a model for Serbian architects in recent times
Under the influence of Russian and Austrian neo-Byzantinism, as well as increasingly extensive historiographic research, evocations of Byzantine architectural achievements appeared in Serbian architecture in the early 1870s. Their merging with the layers of the national schools of medieval...
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Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Zograf |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2019/0350-13611943215K.pdf |
| Summary: | Under the influence of Russian and Austrian neo-Byzantinism, as well as
increasingly extensive historiographic research, evocations of Byzantine
architectural achievements appeared in Serbian architecture in the early
1870s. Their merging with the layers of the national schools of medieval
masonry, adapted to the use of modern materials and methods of composition,
stemmed from the uncritical identification of these two historical
traditions, a view that was also present in scholarship for far too long.
Regardless of its theoretical underdevelopment, the emulation of Byzantine
monuments became the dominant trend in monumental architecture, with the cult
of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople culminating after World War I, a period
when large-scale structures were designed. [Project of the Serbian Ministry
of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177013:
Nacionalno i Evropa. Srpska umetnost XX veka] |
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| ISSN: | 0350-1361 2406-0755 |