CHANGE OF THE FORM OF THE DOMES OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCHES OF KYIV FROM THE ANCIENT RUS PERIOD TO THE BAROQUE PERIOD

Such an important element of the Ancient Rus and baroque church as the dome is studied - a symbol of the heavenly kingdom and divine radiance, the union of man with God. That is why the location of the domes in the volume-planning structure and planning scheme of the temple was given such an important role, as well as the number of domes. On the basis of the analysis of three ancient Kyivan Rus periods, it was proved that despite certain modifications and changes in proportions, the outlines of the domes remained unchanged - ovoid or semicircular, the changes concerned only the number of domes.The genesis of the dome becomes much more visible in the Baroque period, when in the early Baroque stage the shape of the dome was still in the stage of formation and maintained a connection with the Renaissance, in the High Baroque stage there is a flourishing of pear-shaped domes with an interception-"covener", and in the late stage the transition to of classicism, pear-shaped domes with interception are replaced by semicircular domes.In the study, the task was set to analyze the scale of changes in the forms of domes during the times of Kyivan Rus and the Baroque period using the method of system-structural analysis, the grapho-analytical method and the method of comparative analysis. Despite the fact that these two periods in the temple architecture of Kyiv were studied quite deeply and from different aspects, the application of the system-structural analysis method made it possible to present a complete object - the temple as a set of certain indicators: composition, planning, morphology of forms. This allows you to compare indicators of the same level and get results.