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- With all its polyethnic intertextuality, rich history, imperial heritage, and colonial traumas, Ukrainian architecture remains unique and full of surprises — and this turns it into a marvelous journey through time and space.
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In Ukraine, the work of several generations of architects reflects the progressive ideas of postmodernism and high-tech as a reflection of globalization. Ukrainian architecture is filled with talents that have been preserving the cultural identity embodied in houses, churches, and whole cities.
Ukrainian architecture has initial roots in the Eastern Slavic state of Kievan Rus'. After the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', the distinct architectural history continued in the principalities of Galicia-Volhynia and later in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
- The Architecture of Kyivan Rus’. Byzantium Style
- Vernacular Architecture
- Baroque and Ukrainian Baroque
- Ukrainian Modernism
After the Christianization of Rus’ in 988, Kyivan princes started building churches that were heavily influenced by Byzantine architectural tradition with its monumental style, Greek cross schemes, and domed towers, combining the best antique approaches with oriental tendencies. The flourishing of Byzantine architecture peaked in the reign of Princ...
Being a result of long-term experience, Ukrainian vernacular (folk) architecture is also a reflection of local craftsmen: from ordinary peasants to true architects. These buildings served various needs: from houses and farm buildings to churches, chapels, and public buildings. The flavor of Ukrainian folk architecture depended on natural conditions...
The XVII century in Europe became the time of Baroque architecture with its splendor and monumental beauty. Those tendencies found expression in Lviv, the historical capital of Ukrainian Halychyna. As the city was strongly influenced by Polish and Austrian architecture, the buildings of Lviv are drawing the eye through the fancy curved lines, stunn...
In the XX century, the interwar period became a golden era of artistic experiments with form and content. World tendencies and intercultural connections not only brought modernist architecture to Ukraine but also developed a unique phenomenon of Ukrainian modernism. Constructivism and brutality of lines, surreal design, and bold engineering solutio...
Ukrainian architecture has initial roots in the Eastern Slavic state of Kievan Rus'. After the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', the distinct architectural history continued in the principalities of Galicia-Volhynia and later in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Oct 11, 2023 · There are three distinctive Ukrainian styles: Ukrainian Baroque, Ukrainian modern style, and Soviet Modernism. The Ukrainian national style emerges in the wake of national revival and the search for national identity, both of which are manifested in architecture.
The very high aesthetic and artistic value is confirmed not only through the architectural uniqueness of the object, but also through the cardboard murals from XIX century that decorate the...
Ukrainian architectural modern was to be popular not only visually but also functionally. His ideology is egalitarian. Hundreds of different objects, which are scattered all over Ukraine, unite two main features - the search for unique Ukrainian forms of artistic expression and the social component.*
