On the Traditional Attitude Towards Architectural Innovation

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10.2991/assehr.k.200923.004How to use a DOI?

Keywords

architectural innovation, Minorat, Domostroy, architecture of pre-Petrine Moscow

Abstract

Along with all the traditionalism of ancient cultures, there was also a place for seeking innovation. History reveals more or less significant changes in the planning and development of settlements, which took place for various reasons. It is important for us to be able to distinguish the changes forced by natural disasters and conquests from systematic, predetermined by cultural traditions themselves, with their inner cycles of formation, dying and revival. The report provides an analysis of these cycles, which explain the ambiguous attitude towards the old and new in the same culture. Special attention will be paid to the system of inheritance called “Minorat”, or “Junior Right”, according to which older sons had to resettle in new places. Knyazes and Tsars also moved their residences and rebuilt palaces, which was a tradition that needs to be studied. The idea formulated in Domostroy to constantly fight against the dilapidation of the household in the name of maintaining its “eternal youth”, is of particular interest, allowing to draw parallels with the image of Paradise. It is known that the people who lived by the “old rules” avoided innovations and strangers. However, they were also peculiar to the traditions of hospitality, and travel to distant countries from which one could bring something miraculous. From that perspective, it is supposed to study the phenomenon of the extraordinary decorativism of the architecture of pre-Petrine Moscow, which caused controversial opinions of contemporaries. Some pretentiously claimed that the city “grows and rejuvenates”, while others saw the “devilish motley” in that.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Igor A. Bondarenko
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/09/23
TI  - On the Traditional Attitude Towards Architectural Innovation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Architecture: Heritage, Traditions and Innovations (AHTI 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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