Architecture is the art of creating structures

In the special and reference literature, a parallel is often drawn between the words architecture and architecture. It is the art of creating, that is, designing and constructing structures for various purposes.

The role of architecture in the life of society

The level of development of civilization, historical events, as well as the functional purpose of buildings affect the ideas embodied in architecture. Architecture is a kind of art that exerts a direct influence on the spiritual development of society, the formation of aesthetic views of man.

It is known that architecture appeared much earlier than such kinds of art as literature, music, theater. The period of the birth of architecture can be considered the times when a man first picked up a stone ax and began to build a dwelling for himself.
The development of modern architecture is possible only taking into account the centuries-old experience of the masters of the past. It is for this reason that it is necessary to know the names of the great architects of the whole world, to get acquainted with the monuments of architecture created by their hands.

Architecture in Russia

Russian architecture is an architecture that has its own peculiar features. You can understand their peculiarities by the example of the construction of ancient cities and settlements, such as Nizhny Novgorod, Kizhi, Moscow, Vladimir, Suzdal, St. Petersburg.
In addition, in any other Russian city there are necessarily buildings announced today monuments of architecture and architecture. The civil duty of the inhabitants of the country is to preserve the history of their land and transfer this valuable heritage to the younger generation.

The buildings, which are part of the architectural complexes of Russian cities, villages and villages, were not of the same type. On the contrary, they still amaze with a variety of forms, design ideas. This is the most attractive in the architecture of Russia's past.

Since ancient times in the territory of the state there are two directions that distinguish architecture. This is a wooden and stone architecture.

Tree in the architecture of Russia

Wooden huts, painted terema, carved platbands, high gates, churches - everything is associated with the image of Rus. It is this type of buildings that distinguishes her architecture.
This art, the erection of buildings from a tree, was born in ancient times. And above all, due to the fact that the forest in most of Russia was the main wealth. Wood was always at hand. The main tool of the architect was an ax, and a tree is a material that can be easily processed.

Traditions in Russian architecture developed in such a way that the carpenter never repeated or copied the works that were performed by him at least once. Each building had features of a new one, but the richest experience of the masters of the past was necessarily taken into account by the architect.

Secrets of skill passed down from generation to generation. Most Russian architects were from the common people. Without special training, they created masterpieces of wooden construction.

Architecture of stone

With the development of cities, the white stone architecture has replaced the wooden ones. In Russia, this type of architecture began to develop intensively due to the fact that deposits of light limestone were found in the Moscow region. Buildings from it were built in the capital itself, as well as in the cities of the Vladimir-Suzdal principality.

The centuries-old verification of the reliability of this building material was successful. And today the buildings erected in those distant times, amaze with their strength, beauty, sophistication.

In the first half of the 18th century, when new cities were being built, such as St. Petersburg, for example, the development of new directions in stone architecture began.

It is known that at this time special importance is attached to the erection of monuments, palaces, public buildings. Religious architecture has also reached its heyday. Temples, cathedrals, monasteries built in those times, in their grandeur, reliability of structures, refinement of taste are unrivaled today.

With the acquisition of skills in the processing of solid rock such as marble and granite, the traditions of Russian architecture are changing. It is also influenced by the fact that among the architects working in Russia, there are a lot of immigrants from Europe. Thanks to this, architectural ensembles, erected in the cities of Russia, gain worldwide fame.

Stone pages of history - the so-called period of the heyday of architecture, when the main building material was a stone.