Byzantine architecture. 15 lectures for the project Magestria. Vinogradov A.

The course of Andrei Vinogradov’s lectures “Byzantine architecture” covers the more than the thousand -year period of the formation and development of this architectural tradition - from private houses where the communities of early Christians gathered to the magnificent buildings of Emperor Justinian and further to the architects of the Balkan Peninsula and the Caucasus, from the early Basils. Rome and Syria to the medieval temples of mainland Greece and Asia Minor. The author pays attention not only to architectural forms, but explains their purpose and development logic, draws attention to local traditions, natural and cultural factors that determined the variety of technical and artistic solutions in one of the most durable and influential civilizations of the Mediterranean.

The publication is abundantly illustrated and contains a brief dictionary of the terms of Byzantine architecture.