[1] The buildings of Vladimir provided the basis of the Moscow architectural school, which preserved elements of the synthesis of the Byzantine and Romanesque styles.
[3] The chronicler records: the foundations of the first stone church in Moscow were laid in the square in the name of the Dormition [...] of the Holy Mother of God by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Pyotr and the Most Noble Prince Ivan Kalita.
[1] By the late 14th century, the Muscovite type of white-stone church emerged, being compact and having four pillars, heightened ribbed arches, tiers of kokoshniks, and carved decorative belts on the facades.
[8] Scholars of Moscow's architectural history have emphasized that the traditions of a number of Russian principalities were integrated into a unified system in the early 15th century.
[11] Following the end of Mongol suzerainty, Ivan III transformed Russian architectural style after contacts with Italian cities were restored, introducing new features that were preserved throughout the following centuries.
[15] The basis of the Moscow school of painting was the synthesis of local traditions with Byzantine and South Slavic art.
[7] The flourishing of the Moscow school in the late 14th and early 15th centuries is associated with Theophanes the Greek, Andrei Rublev and Daniel Chorny.