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Nikodim Kondakov

Nikodim Kondakov is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nikodim Kondakov rather than just read about it. In short: Nikodim (or Nikodeme) Pavlovich Kondakov (Russian: Никоди́м Па́влович Кондако́в; 1 (13) November 1844 – 17 February 1925) was an art historian with special expertise in the history of Russian and Serbian Christian icons. He is remembered as a pioneer among art historians who studied the treasures of Mount Athos like Frenchman Gabriel Millet.

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Reference excerpt

Nikodim (or Nikodeme) Pavlovich Kondakov (Russian: Никоди́м Па́влович Кондако́в; 1 (13) November 1844 – 17 February 1925) was an art historian with special expertise in the history of Russian and Serbian Christian icons. He is remembered as a pioneer among art historians who studied the treasures of Mount Athos like Frenchman Gabriel Millet.

Biography Nicodem Pavlovitch Kondakov was born in the Russian Empire in 1844, in the village of Khalan in Kursk Governorate. He attended Moscow University under Fedor Buslaev from 1861 to 1865. After graduation he taught in the Moscow Art School. In 1870 he became a lecturer in the University of Novorossia, Odessa (now Odessa National University, Ukraine), and in 1877 a professor there. From 1888 he taught in St. Petersburg University. From 1893 he was a member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, and from 1898 a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1895 with Fyodor Uspensky he founded the Russian Archaeological Institute of Constantinople. During the Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia Kondakov lived in Odessa and Yalta (see: South Russia (1919–1920)). In 1920 he emigrated to Bulgaria, and then to Czechoslovakia, where he taught in Prague University until his death in 1925. In his first book, on Greek manuscript illumination, published in 1877, Kondakov approached the stylistic evolution of eastern Romanesque art through the use of artistic ideal. He collaborated with Salomon Reinach in Antiquités de la Russie Méridionale (1891). His lectures influenced future historians, among others, Michael Rostovtzeff. Kondakov wrote numerous works on the history of Ancient Greek, Russian, Georgian and Eastern Roman art. He founded the modern method in the history of the art of the Eastern Roman Empire.

See also Stevan Dimitrijević Gabriel Millet Ljuba Kovačević Ljubomir Stojanović Vladimir Ćorović Alexander Solovyev

References

Further reading Klejn, Leo. 'Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov, 1844–1925', in Encyclopedia of Archaeology, Part I, The Great Archaeologists. Santa-Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Oxford, England: ABC-Clio, 1999 (hardcover, ISBN 1-57607-199-5), Vol. I, pp. 165–174. Ivan Foletti, From Byzantium to Holy Russia Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) and the Invention of the Icon, Roma: Viella 2017, ISBN 9788867287529 Nikodim Pavlovič Kondakov, Iconografia della Madre di Dio, vol. I, Roma: Viella 2014, ISBN 9788867282104

External links Iconography of Mother of God, vol. 1–2. Saint Petersburg 1914; Prague 1915 (in Russian) History of Byzantine Miniature Painting (1876/2012) (in Russian)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nikodim Kondakov

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Nikodim Kondakov

In research: Nikodim Kondakov appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nikodim Kondakov in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nikodim Kondakov is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1844 births, 1925 deaths, 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nikodim Kondakov outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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