Influences and Identity in Church Architecture
This article examines the Russian architectural tradition, which initially took on the continuity from the Greeks, and then, under any influences, retained its unique character. Romanesque masters in the 12th century, Italian architects under Ivan III, in their activities, as a rule, created something that fits well into the established tradition. Influences, both from the past and synchronous from other regions, provoked the creation of new forms that do not contradict tradition but stem from it. These are, for example, tent-roofed and tiered church buildings as new architectural types. The Synodal period, with the more significant activity of Western architects in Russia, also showed that international styles take on a special character here. Equally interesting is the adaptation of forms in structural and stylistic aspects during Historicism and the Art Nouveau period. In this context, it is appropriate to assess the dialectics of the traditional and the innovative, which manifests itself at different times, as the birth of the new from the rethinking of both previous and simultaneously developing architectural forms.