Essays on the architecture of Byzantium and the Caucasus. Vinogradov A.Yu.

The architecture of Byzantium and the Caucasus attracts its beauty and mystery. Rome, Greece, and the east, giving rise to a new visual language of Christian civilizations weaved in it. But many of her riddles still require an answer.

Where did the cross-doll temple come from? Why began to build churches over the gate? What distinguishes the architecture of Constantinople from the provinces? What did the Caucasus adopted from Byzantine architecture, and what did he come up with? How to start building after a year and a half break? What is it better to build from: from stone or brick?

To these and many other questions, Professor NIU, Andrei Vinogradov, in the book “Essays on the Architecture of Byzantium and the Caucasus”.