Religious architecture and history of world religions. Textbook for universities. Soloviev K.A.

The textbook is intended for bachelors and masters studying in the direction of preparation “Reconstruction and restoration of architectural heritage”, as well as for bachelors and masters of the direction of the Theory and History of Arts.

in this textbook in this textbook in this Additions to the analysis of ideological sources, the prevailing worldview teaching and the cult dogmatic of world religions are examined in detail the essential features of sacred architecture, starting from antiquity and ending with the Baroque era. Much attention is also paid to icon painting, sacred geometry, complex symbolism of signs and ornaments that embody religious symbolism and have a significant impact on the development of construction technology and architectural structures of religious structures. It is in demand by bachelors of architecture and religious studies, as it is designed to consider issues of interaction between religion and architecture. In addition, this course is an independent part of the discipline “History of world religions” and can be useful to the bachelor's universities where there are faculties of the humanitarian profile: philosophical, historical, cultural, etc.