Building the sacred in a crusader kingdom : Gothic church architecture in Lusignan Cyprus, c. 1209-c. 1373 / Michalis Olympios.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olympios, Michalis, author.

Series:

Architectura medii aevi ; 2031-4817 v. 11.

Architectura medii aevi, 2031-4817 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church architecture--Cyprus--History--To 1500--Pictorial works.

Church architecture.

Architecture, Gothic--Cyprus--History--To 1500--Pictorial works.

Architecture, Gothic.

Church buildings--Cyprus--History--To 1500--Pictorial works.

Church buildings.

History.

Cyprus--History--Lusignan dynasty, 1192-1474.

Cyprus.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

viii, 445 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 x 22 cm.

Other Title:

Gothic church architecture in Lusignan Cyprus, c. 1209-c. 1373

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2018]

Summary:

"At the eastern confines of Latin Christendom, between the Levantine Crusader states, Byzantium, and Islam, the Lusignan kingdom of Cyprus (1192-1489) was home to a rich and diverse array of Gothic ecclesiastical structures, significant remains of which are still to be seen today. From the grand Latin cathedrals of Nicosia and Famagusta, the austere churches of the mendicant orders, and the magnificent monastic buildings of Bellapais Abbey to the imposing Greek and Nestorian cathedrals of Famagusta and the churches of the Eastern Christians (Armenians, Melkites, Maronites, etc.), Cypriot Gothic architecture evolved to serve the needs of the island's multi-cultural and multi-creedal society. This new study is based on original research on the physical fabric of Cyprus' Gothic ecclesiastical edifices, on a thorough exploitation of the published archaeological data, and on a new reading of the extant documentary sources (some of which are published here for the first time) to offer a fresh account of the development and place of Cypriot Gothic in the architectural history of medieval Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. It proposes to do so by re-evaluating and re-contextualizing the ambitions of the patrons and the choices (and compromises) of the master masons responsible for this unique monumental heritage."--Back cover.

Contents:

Lusignan Cyprus, 1192-1373 : Patrons and builders of Latin Ecclesiastical architecture

The genesis of a regional Gothic style: The earlier campaigns at Nicosia cathedral, the church at Bellapais Abbey, and related developments, c. 1210-c. 1250

French Rayonnant, Cypriot tastes : the west end of Nicosia cathedral (1270s-c.1350) and its immediate progeny (c. 1300)

Architecture for a 'new acre' : Church building in Famagusta in the first quarter of the fourteenth century

Monastic austerity and stylistic diversity : Cypriot Gothic in the first half of the fourteenth century

Retrospection and innovation : the monastic buildings of Bellapais Abbey and architecture in Nicosia and Famagusa in the 1350s and 1360s

Gothic ecclesiastical architecture in Lusignan Gyprus, c. 1209 - c. 1373 : a tale of two towns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-404) and indexes.

ISBN:

9782503536064

2503536069

OCLC:

1042081995