Authors

Altunin Grigoriy V., Jykova Tatiana F.
THE TYPOLOGY OF SPATIAL STRUCTURES IN THE ORTHODOX MONASTERIES OF KALUGA PROVINCE OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №2 (70) June, 2020

The monasteries of the Kaluga province present diverse architectural ensembles with complex internal dynamics making it impossible to evaluate all the variety of their forms against uniform criteria. The evolution of a monastery complex sometimes could last several centuries, and therefore their architectures and compositions rarely pertain to a single specific style. When considered as fully-formed architectural developments, these monasteries reveal various common typological features in their construction, layout and composition, determined by both their functional purpose and symbolic interpretation of the monastery ensemble.