Zavorina, Maria L. Paleologan Architecture of Thessaloniki in the Context of the Issues of Late Byzantine Architecture: Historiographic Review

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Title Paleologan Architecture of Thessaloniki in the Context of the Issues of Late Byzantine Architecture: Historiographic Review
Author email marika_1096@mail.ru
About author Zavorina, Maria Leonidovna — researcher. The Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning, Dushinskaya ul., 9, 111024 Moscow, Russian Federation.
In the section Balkan Studies DOI10.18688/aa200-7-72
Year 2020 Volume 10 Pages 772–786
Type of article RAR Index UDK 72.033 Index BBK 85.113(4)
Abstract

The paper deals with history of research on the Palaeologan churches of Thessaloniki in the context of issues of Late Byzantine architecture from 19th century to modern studies. The main purpose of the article is to make a historiographic analysis of works devoted to the architecture of Thessaloniki of the late 13th–14th centuries. The main stages of this process are described, and the main problems, methods and results of the stages are analyzed. The key points of scientific discussion are given, and as a result the prospects for further research are identified.
Keywords
Reference Zavorina, Maria L. Paleologan Architecture of Thessaloniki in the Context of the Issues of Late Byzantine Architecture: Historiographic Review. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 10. Ed: A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — Lomonosov Moscow State University / St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2020, pp. 772–786. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa200-7-72
Publication Article language russian
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