birth_place image_size nationality field work_institutions birth_date known_for residence image article_title name alma_mater
moscow , russia 225px russia iconography , byzantine studies , religious studies university of moscow , institute of world culture march 9 , 1959 author of the concept hierotopy moscow , russia lidov_alexei_mikhailovich . jpg aleksey lidov
 alexei lidov university of moscow
aleksey lidov

alexei mikhailovich lidov -lrb- russian : Алексей́ Михай́лович Ли́дов -rrb- is a russian art historian and byzantinist , an author of the concept `` hierotopy '' .
