About the authors
| First name, Middle name, Last name, Scientific degree, Scientific rank, Current position. Full and brief name of the organization, The organization address. | Galina N. Aidarova, doctor of architecture, professor, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , ORCID: 0000-0001-7469-8120 |
| Title of the article | Syuyumbike Tower: Stylistic Features in the Context of Romanesque-Italian, Seljuk, Arab-Mamluk Influences and Bulgar-Tatar Traditions |
| Abstract. | Problem statement. The Syuyumbike Tower is an outstanding architectural monument of worldwide importance. The period of its construction is not reliably established. The purpose of the study is to identify the stylistic features of the Syuyumbike Tower to put forward a scientifically based hypothesis about the period of its construction. The objectives of the study include identification the architectural elements of the Syuyumbike Tower; identification of similar architectural elements in the buildings of the European and Eastern Muslim Middle Ages for comparative analysis, determination of the style and composition of the Syuyumbike Tower. Results. For the first time, the full-scale and comparative analysis of the Syuyumbike Tower on 23 architectural elements is introduced. In tabular form, 106 architectural buildings from the European (41) and Eastern Muslim (65) Middle Ages, with similar architectural elements, are presented. The scientific novelty of this study is represented by the methodology of stylistic analysis based on the systematic identification, classification and comparison of the architectural elements of the Syuyumbike Tower with the architectural elements of the European (XI-XVI) and Eastern Muslim Middle Ages (VIII-XVI). We found out that the architectural tectonics and proportional and compositional structure of the Syuyumbike Tower are based on the principles of similarity of triangles (triangulation), which are characteristic of European Gothic. Conclusions. A scientifically substantiated hypothesis is put forward that based on the style-forming characteristics, the Syuyumbike Tower could have been built according to the project of an outstanding architect in the period of the Kazan Khanate, in the range of the end of XV – the first half of XVI centuries as an object of civil architecture of religious and secular purposes. The stylistic features of the Syuyumbike Tower lie in the creative interpretation of Romanesque, Gothic, Arab-Muslim, Seljuk, Mamluk, Ottoman influences and the Golden Horde compositional and stylistic traditions, in the manifestation of the regional style characteristic of an independent architectural school. |
| Keywords. | architectural style, summary table of architectural elements, analogues of the European and Eastern Muslim Middle Ages, Golden Horde traditions |
| For citations: | Aidarova G.N. Syuyumbike Tower: Stylistic Features in the Context of Romanesque-Italian, Seljuk, Arab-Mamluk Influences and Bulgar-Tatar Traditions // News KSUAE, 2024, № 2(68), p. 253-268, DOI: 10.48612/NewsKSUAE/68.21, EDN: TQVYNQ |
