Gracanica : King Milutin's church and its place in late Byzantine architecture

by: Curcic, S.

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Gračanica : King Milutin's church and its place in late Byzantine architecture
Author:Slobodan Ćurčić

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xiii
List of Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
I Political and Cultural Conditions
in Serbia under King Milutin 5
II The History of Gracanica 12
III The Architecture of Gracanica 31
Early Buildings on the Site 31
The Plan and Its Components 32
Spatial Organization and Natural Lighting 40
Structure 43
Exterior Articulation 46
Building Materials, Methods, and Techniques 52
Decorative Aspects of Architecture 62
IV Gracanica and Late Byzantine Architecture 70
The Plan and Its Components 70
Spatial Organization 90
Structure 100
Exterior Articulation 106
Building Materials, Methods, and Techniques 116
Decorative Aspects of Architecture 122
V The Original Purpose of Gracanica
and the Problem of Its Dating 128
Gracanica as King Milutin's Projected Mausoleum Church 128
The Relation between Gracanica and Banjska 134
The Dating of Gracanica 137
Conclusion 140
Selected Bibliography 145
Index 155
Plates

Subjects:
Architecture byzantine Kosovo
Architecture, Byzantine
Architecture, Byzantine Kosovo (Republic)
Architecture, Byzantine Serbia Kosovo
Architecture, Byzantine Yugoslavia Serbia
Gračanica
Gračanica (Church : Kosovo)
Gračanica (Church : Kosovo, Serbia)
Gračanica (Church)
Gračanica (Bosnien-Herzegowina)
Kirchenbau
Kloster Gračanica
Klosteranlage
Klosterkirche
Kosovo (Republic)

xiv, 159 pages, 47 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
 

Gracanica : King Milutin's church and its place in late Byzantine architecture

by: Curcic, S.

• ISBN-13: 9780271002187 / 978-0-271-00218-7
• ISBN-03: 0271002182 / 0-271-00218-2
• The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, 1979

Price: 85,00 EURO

1 copy in stock