Aleksey Lidov

Alexei Lidov
Lidov in 2005
BornMarch 9, 1959 (1959-03-09)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DiedMay 29, 2025(2025-05-29) (aged 66)
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forAuthor of concepts: hierotopy, spatial icon
Scientific career
FieldsIconography, Byzantine studies, religious studies
InstitutionsMoscow State University, Institute of World Culture

Alexei Mikhailovich Lidov (Russian: Алексей́ Михай́лович Ли́дов; March 9, 1959 – May 29, 2025) was a Russian art historian and Byzantinist, an author of the concepts hierotopy and spatial icon, member of the Russian Academy of Arts.