How did the architectural idea inherited from antiquity become a home for the Christian God, what did Byzantine architecture give to world culture, what can be seen as its fruits today?

The logic and spirit of the valuable, in some cases miraculously preserved monuments of the Eastern Roman Empire is explained by Svetlana Maltseva, lecturer at St. Petersburg State University and Candidate of Science in Art History.

00:00 Byzantine Architecture as a model of the Christian worldview
03:50 An overview of the formation of Byzantine culture
08:25 Heritage of classical antiquity
16:05 Basilica as a prototype of the Christian church
21:55 Development of the Christian church concept
30:05 Architecture of the rising empire. Interiors complication
41:50 Conflict of form and content: the Byzantine departure from the basilica
48:00 Synergy of circle and square: a new domed temple
53:25 Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
56:30 Dark Ages architecture. The cross-domed church development
01:02:30 Сross-domed church spreading: from universality to diversity
01:09:05 Explaining the term “peripter”
01:11:50 More on the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople
01:15:45 On the connection between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque
01:19:30 On the relationship between Byzantine temple architecture and sacred music
01:22:27 More on the Christian church hierarchy

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