Neo-Byzantine architecture

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from
Neo-Byzantine
)
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, by Alexander Pomerantsev
Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt, by Vasily Kosyakov
Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Chiyoda, Tokyo, by Josiah Conder

Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a

Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Orthodox Christian architecture dating from the 5th through 11th centuries, notably that of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and the Exarchate of Ravenna
.

Neo-Byzantine architecture emerged in the 1840s in Western Europe and peaked in the last quarter of the 19th century with the Sacré-Coeur Basilica in Paris, and with monumental works in the Russian Empire, and later Bulgaria. The Neo-Byzantine school was active in Yugoslavia in the interwar period.

Russian Empire

Main article: Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire

Pushkin (1782–1788) was the earliest and isolated experiment with Byzantine treatment of otherwise neoclassical structures. In 1830s Nicholas I of Russia promoted the so-called Russo-Byzantine style of churches designed by Konstantin Thon. Nicholas I despised true Byzantine art; Thon's style in fact had little common with it. Notably, Thon routinely replaced the circular Byzantine arch with a keel-shaped gable, and the hemispherical Byzantine dome with an onion dome
; layout and structural scheme of his churches clearly belonged to neoclassical standard.

True Byzantine art, popularized by

Urals around the city of Perm. Architects David Grimm and Vasily Kosyakov developed a unique national type of a single-dome Byzantine cathedral with four symmetrical pendentive
apses that became de facto standard in 1880s-1890s.

The reign of

Russian Revolution of 1917 but was continued by emigrant architects in Yugoslavia and Harbin
.

Southeastern Europe

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Neo-Byzantine style from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century is often a combination of Byzantine, typical Bulgarian, Eastern Orthodox and Secession/ Art Nouveau/ Modernisme elements.

Greece

Romania

See also: Romanian Revival architecture

Serbia

Main article:
Serbo-Byzantine Revival
Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade paraphrases Hagia Sophia

Serbia's modern sacral architecture got its main impetus from the dynastic burial church in Oplenac which was commissioned by the Karađorđeviċ dynasty 1909.[5] With the arrival of Russian émigré artists after the October Revolution, Belgrade's main governmental edifices were planned by eminent Russian architects trained in Russia. It was King Alexander I who was the patron of the Neo-Byzantine movement.[6] Its main proponents were Aleksandar Deroko, Momir Korunović, Branko Krstić, Grigorije Samojlov and Nikolay Krasnov. Their main contribution were the royal castles on Dedinje, the Church of Saint Sava and the St. Mark's Church in Belgrade. After the communist era ended, Mihajlo Mitrović and Nebojša Popović were proponents of new tendencies in sacral architecture which used classic examples in the Byzantine tradition.[7]

Turkey

Istanbul Agia Triada in Taksim

Ayvalık Agios Georgios (Cınarlı mosque), Agios Ioannis (Saatli mosque), Taxiarchis in Moschonisi/Cunda

Austria

Christuskirche in Matzleinsdorf Protestant Cemetery, Vienna, 1858—1860

Danish architect

Austro-Hungary, Serbia and post-war Yugoslavia. Hansen's own Neo-Byzantine work includes the Arsenal in Vienna (1852—1856, with Ludwig Förster), the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Vienna (1856—1858) and the Christuskirche in Matzleindorf
, Vienna (1858—1860).

Germany

Earliest examples of emerging Byzantine-

Abbey of Saint Boniface, laid down by Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1835 and completed in 1840. The basilica followed the rules of 6th-century Ravenna architecture, although its corinthian order was a clear deviation from the historical Byzantine art. In 1876 Ludwig II of Bavaria commissioned Neo-Byzantine interiors of the externally Romanesque Neuschwanstein Castle, complete with mosaic images of Justinian I
and Greek saints.

Several Neo-Byzantine-style churches were constructed during the Gründerzeit, for instance, the Sacred Heart Church or the Rosary Basilica, both located in Berlin.

France

One of the earliest examples in France is the enormous Marseille Cathedral, built between 1852 and 1893, and the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde, both located in Marseille.

Another example is the Russian orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris build 1859-1861. [8]

The Saint-Augustin in Paris build between 1860 and 1871 is an example of Eclectic Romano-Byzantine architecture.

A prominent example of Byzantine Revival architecture in France is the Basilica of Sacre-Coeur in Paris, built between 1875 and 1914, based on the original plan of Paul Abadie. It features five elongated domes on the exterior and an interior with mosaics and other art inspired by Byzantine art. [9] Inspired by the former is another excellent example - the Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux completed in 1954.

Great Britain and Ireland

Byzantine style with Moorish architecture. Newman University Church, Dublin
(1885–86) is a notable Irish example.

United States

In the United States and elsewhere, the Neo-Byzantine style is often seen in

Spanish Colonial Revival
styles.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a large Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The shrine is the largest Catholic church in North America, one of the largest churches in the world,[10] and the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C.[11][12][13] Its construction of Byzantine Revival and Romanesque Revival architecture began on September 23, 1920, with renowned contractor John McShain and was completed on December 8, 2017, with the dedication and solemn blessing of the Trinity Dome mosaic on December 8, 2017, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, by Cardinal Donald William Wuerl.[14]

Other notable

Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Temple Beth Israel in Portland, Oregon, and Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
in Buffalo, New York.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-973-1872-51-3
    .
  2. ISBN 978-973-0-23884-6
    .
  3. ISBN 978-973-1872-51-3
    .
  4. ISBN 978-606-081-135-0
    .
  5. ISBN 978-86-7025-694-1
    , S. 87.
  6. ISBN 978-86-7025-694-1
    , S. 62.
  7. ^ Aleksandar Kadijević 2016: Between Artistic Nostalgia and Civilisational Utopia: Byzantine Reminiscences in Serbian Architecture of the 20th Century. Lidija Merenik, Vladimir Simić, Igor Borozan (Hrsg.) 2016: IMAGINING THE PAST THE RECEPTION OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN SERBIAN ART FROM THE 18TH TO THE 21ST CENTURY. Ljubomir Maksimovič & Jelena Trivan (Hrsg.) 2016: BYZANTINE HERITAGE AND SERBIAN ART I–III. The Serbian National Committee of Byzantine Studies, P.E. Službeni glasnik, Institute for Byzantine Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Hier S. 177 (Academia:PDF)
  8. ^ Base Mérimée: Cathédrale orthodoxe Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  9. ISBN 978-2-7072-0683-1
  10. ^ "20 Largest Churches in the World". Wander. Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  11. ^ "Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception". National Shrine. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009.
  12. ^ "The National Shrine". SkyscraperPage.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  13. ^ The Washington Monument is a taller structure, (though it stands at a lower elevation) but is not a habitable building.
  14. ^ Samber, Sharon (December 9, 2017). "After a century, the largest Catholic church in North America is finally complete". USA Today. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neo-Byzantine architecture.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neo-Byzantine_architecture&oldid=1218691860"