Kondakov Nikodim

Nikodim Kondakov (b. November 13, 1844, Khalan, Novooskolsky Uyezd, Kursk Governorate – d. February 17, 1925, Prague), Russian art historian. full member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898), member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1893). He attended Moscow University (1861–1865). He taught at the universities of Odesa, Novorossiysk (1870–1888) and St. Petersburg (1888–1917). In 1920, he emigrated. At first he lived in Constantinople, then in Sofia. From 1922, Kondakov started teaching at the University of Prague. He mainly studied monuments of Byzantine and ancient Russian art. He developed the iconographic method of studying works of art, analyzed the typological features of monuments. Kondakov studied Georgian monuments, was interested in their relationship with Byzantine culture. Despite some mistakes, he raised the study of Georgian art to a high scientific level. His work Description of Monuments of Antiquity Preserved in Some Churches and Monasteries of Georgia still retains a certain scientific value today.

Kondakov was elected an honorary doctor of Tbilisi State University on February 27, 1918.

 

Literary work: Древняя архитектура Грузии, М., 1876; Опись памятников древности в некоторых храмах и монастырях Грузии, СПб., 1890 (ქართული წარწერების განმარტება დ. ბარბაქაძისა); Иконография Богоматери, т. 1–2, СПб., 1914–15.

Literature: გაიპარაშვილი ზ., ლილუაშვილი მ., „ტფილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის პროფესორთა საბჭოს ოქმები, 1917–1926“, თბ., 2006 ჩუბინაშვილი გ., ნიკოდიმე კონდაკოვი (1844–1925), მისი სამეცნიერო მოღვაწეობის მიმოხილვა, „ტფილისის უნივერსიტეტის მოამბე“, 1926, ტ. 6.

 

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