I skip the explanation when I can’t add much! Late Medieval Russian architecture uses a lot of curves and ‘onion domes’, in contrast to the more rigid Western European Gothic and Romanesque (and to a lesser degree, Renaissance) architecture.
It is known as Monomakh’s cap. It’s a mongol era muscovian kings cap and has mythical origin story that tries to connect muscovy with rome through kievan princes of rurick dynasty (they were related before dynasty changed).
Also exterior and interior church design is more or less copied from byzantium designs, they loved their arcs and crosses.
Interior design is largely unchanged, I think, from late byzantene one.
I skip the explanation when I can’t add much! Late Medieval Russian architecture uses a lot of curves and ‘onion domes’, in contrast to the more rigid Western European Gothic and Romanesque (and to a lesser degree, Renaissance) architecture.
Oh, I thought the guy is someone I should recognize from the crown or something.
It is known as Monomakh’s cap. It’s a mongol era muscovian kings cap and has mythical origin story that tries to connect muscovy with rome through kievan princes of rurick dynasty (they were related before dynasty changed).
Also exterior and interior church design is more or less copied from byzantium designs, they loved their arcs and crosses. Interior design is largely unchanged, I think, from late byzantene one.