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Saint Basil's Cathedral
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Design Process
The idea for the design came from the genius Postnik Yakovlev. The inspiration for the design is based on a structure with nine separate chapels with different colored dome tops. The cathedrals each represent a victory over the tartar Mongols in the city of Kazan. The basement and ground are perfectly aligned. This indicates use of professional drawing and drafting.
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Construction Process• Built from 1555-1561 • Foundations were built of white
stone (typical of Moscow)• A wooden frame runs the church's
entire height (Inside the stone wals.)
• Brick was a new medium, so people really wanted to use it.
• Three dimensional - Architechture was the only decoration.
• Been restored several times. The last round of restoration ended in September 2008.
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RequirementsBrick needed to be used!It was a new technology,and, as such, its flexibilityexcited the builders. (Even when the design required a stone wall, they decorated the wall with painted-over brick patterns. Not very many requirements - commissioned by Ivan IV of Russia, so a seemingly limitless budget, and resources were at the builder's disposal. Following the construction, legend says that Ivan blinded the architecht, so he would never build another structure quite as beautiful.
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Impact on Society
Napoleon Bonaparte was very impressed by the cathedral and attmepted to take it to Paris with him, but he lacked the technology to complete the move - So he ordered his troops to blow it up! They lit the fuses on their cannons and were ready to fire - but a sudden rain shower extinguished the fuses. Since then it has really becomean icon for Russian culture - asa structure that much of Russiaidentifies with.
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Culture• Bult to celebrate Ivan IV's
victory against the mongols • When viewed from the sky,
the cathedral's eight domes form an eight-point star, which holds very important religious significance in Russia.
• The eight chapels surround
the all-important ninth chapel.
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Any Questions?
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Works Cited
"St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia." Moscow-Taxi.Com - Travel and Event Guide for Moscow Russia. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. http://www.moscow-taxi.com/churches/st-basils-cathedral.html. "Saint Basil's Cathedral - Moscow." Sacred Destinations. Web. 1 March 2011. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/moscow-st-basil-cathedral. "Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia." World's Greatest Sites. Web. 1 March 2011. http://www.worldgreatestsites.com/st_basils_cathedral.htm.