Maltseva, Svetlana V. The Builders of Milutin and Dušan as Agents of Imperial Ideology in Macedonia

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Title The Builders of Milutin and Dušan as Agents of Imperial Ideology in Macedonia
Author email s.maltseva@spbu.ru
About author Maltseva, Svetlana V. — Ph. D., associate professor. Saint Petersburg State University. Universitetskaia nab., 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; senior researcher. Scientific Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning, branch of the Central Institute for Research and Design of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, Dushinskaya ul., 9, 111024 Moscow, Russian Federation. ORCID: 0000–0002–6172–8578
In the section Balkan Studies DOI10.18688/aa2212-10-68
Year 2022 Volume 12 Pages 856–881
Type of article RAR Index UDK 72.033 Index BBK 85.113 (4)
Abstract

Serbian rulers in their projects were guided by the examples of the cultural and political centers of Byzantium (Constantinople, Arta, Thessaloniki, Mystra). This is why the five-domed type churches considered by customers as a concept of a metropolitan-style church are often found during this period. New political conditions and a peace treaty with Byzantium (1299) opened up opportunities for Serbian customers to use Byzantine builders in large–scale church construction and reconstruction old Greek churches. The nature of the implementation of these projects was largely determined by the configuration of the original buildings and the regional traditions of the invited architects. During this period, Byzantine forms were often combined with the architectural specifics of Raška region, which led to the creation of original solutions. Serbian architecture cannot be reduced to just coping certain Byzantine architectural paradigms of Thessaloniki or Constantinople.

This research was funded by the Russian Scientific Fund, project 20-18-00294 “Artistic Traditions and Ecclesiastic-Political Ideology in the Medieval Architecture and Art of the Balkans. Macedonian Question”.
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Reference Maltseva, Svetlana V. The Builders of Milutin and Dušan as Agents of Imperial Ideology in Macedonia. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 12. Eds A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Univ. Press, 2022, pp. 856–881. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa2212-10-68
Publication Article language russian
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