Maltseva, Svetlana V. Ecclesiastic Architecture of the First Bulgarian Kingdom: Researchers and Research

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Title Ecclesiastic Architecture of the First Bulgarian Kingdom: Researchers and Research
Author email s.maltseva@spbu.ru
About author Maltseva, Svetlana Vladislavovna — Ph. D., head lecturer. Saint Petersburg State University. Universitetskaia nab., 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; senior researcher. The Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Town Planning, Dushinskaia ul., 9, 111024 Moscow, Russian Federation.
In the section Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art DOI10.18688/aa199-2-31
Year 2019 Volume 9 Pages 350–365
Type of article RAR Index UDK 72.033 Index BBK 85.113(4)
Abstract

The paper deals with the history of research on the ecclesiastic architecture of the First Bulgarian Kingdom. The main stages of this process are described, starting from the first ethnographic expeditions of the 1880s and first archaeological investigations of the 1890s to the modern times. Analyzing the methods of research on Bulgarian monuments the author shows that throughout the 20th century the interpretations of facts and archaeological finds have not always been free from changing ideological concepts.
Keywords
Reference Maltseva, Svetlana V. Ecclesiastic Architecture of the First Bulgarian Kingdom: Researchers and Research. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 9. Ed: A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — Lomonosov Moscow State University / St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2019, pp. 350–365. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa199-2-31
Publication Article language russian
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