W.031 Daphni Monastery

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1958

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." 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