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Creation Year
May 1905
Image ID
W.031
Alternate Identifier
B22.031
Subcollection
W: Attica, Crete, Santorini
Abstract
The 11th-century Byzantine monastery of Daphni, featuring what Trachtenberg calls "the cross-octagon, which integrates cross-in-square and octagon-domed schemes" (181). The monastery is famous for some of the superb mosaics adorning its interior (see W.032). -MA
References
Trachtenberg, Marvin, and Isabelle Hyman. "Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-modernism: The Western Tradition." Englewood Cliffs, N.J, New York, New York: Prentice-Hall
H.N. Abrams, 1986.
Image Notes
Photograph created August 6th, 1958. Processing date unknown. Formerly catalogued as B22.031. Notes written on the slide or index: Daphni - The Church.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Athens, Greece
Image Location
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