The application of the cross-in-square type in the middle and late byzantine church architecture: the case of the simple tetrastyle variant
Abstract
The simple tetrastyle domed church was one of the most common variants of the cross-in-square type, prevailing in the ecclesiastical architecture of the Middle and Late Byzantine Period. More than 160 examples found all over the Byzantine Empire and beyond it are examined briefly in the catalog, that accompanies the text. In the first part of the dissertation there is a general presentation of the monuments, organized chronologically according to geographical distribution. The following section presents an analysis of specific features of the buildings examined such as the overall proportions of their naves, the forms of the supports carrying their domes, vaulting and roofing methods of both the corner bays and the cross arms and finally the articulation of their façades with blind arches, usually reflecting the layout of the interior. In the next chapter a new grouping of the simple tetrastyles is proposed, based not on the form of the supports carrying their domes, but on the layout ...
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