Main entry:

Panagopoulos, Beata Maria, 1925- author.

Title & Author:

Cistercian and Mendicant monasteries in Medieval Greece / Beata Kitsiki Panagopoulos.

Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, 1979
©1979

Description:

xx, 194 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 22 cm

Notes:
Includes glossary.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index.
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Historical Background: Political and religious conditions ; The historical development of the regions occupied by the Franks -- Monastic Architecture: Architecture and the Cistercians ; The Churches of the Mendicant Orders in Greece -- Other Church Architectures: Parochial Churches ; Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
In English.

Summary:

"When the Fourth Crusade of Pope Innocent III led to Latin domination of Constantinople in 1204, it marked the beginning of the 'Frankish Middle Ages' in Greece. The monastic orders that came to Greece brought with them the architectural forms of Burgundy, Savoy, and northern Italy. In [this volume], Beata Kitsiki Panagopoulos details the fascinating development of Latin ecclesiastical architecture in Greece. She provides a wealth of new data--including her own excellent photographs and architectural drawings--in a field that has been almost inaccessible to medievalists and art historians. Panagopoulos follows the succession of political masters and religious orders in Greece from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century and shows how they influenced ecclesiastical building in various ways. She then offers a descriptive survey of those Cistercian and Mendicant monasteries that have survived. Her valuable comparative research shows that the aesthetics of these Greek monuments express the rules dictated by their French and Italian monastic orders--humility and simplicity--and that they show little of the Byzantine influence. For each church reviewed, the author sets forth the details of the reconstructed architectural plan, the surrounding buildings of the abbey, probable date of foundation, play of volume, and other vital particulars. The study concludes with a discussion of the few remaining parochial Latin churches and their similarity to monastic churches."--from the inside front and back flaps.

ISBN:

0226645444
9780226645445

Subject:

Monasteries Greece.
Monasticism and religious orders Greece History Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Cistercian architecture Greece.
Architecture, Gothic Greece.
Church architecture Greece.
Religious architecture Greece.
Monastères Grèce.
Architecture cistercienne Grèce.
Architecture gothique Grèce.
Architecture religieuse Grèce.
Architecture chrétienne Grèce.
Monachisme et ordres religieux Grèce Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Religious architecture
Architecture, Gothic
Church architecture
Cistercian architecture
Monasteries
Monasticism and religious orders Middle Ages
Greece History 323-1453.
Grèce Histoire 323-1453.
Greece
Monasticism and religious orders History Middle Ages, 600-1500 Greece

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37590
Call No.: PO9124; ID:88-B8536
Status: Available