Σχετικά με την παραγωγή του αρχιτεκτονικού έργου κατά τη βυζαντινή και μεταβυζαντινή εποχή
Part of : Δελτίο Εταιρείας Μελέτης της καθ' ημάς Ανατολής ; Vol.Γ, 2011, pages 407-415
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On the process of the architecture during the Byzantine and the Post-Byzantine period
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There are no surviving architectural plans and models dated in the Byzantines times that could contribute to the understanding of the planning of the period. However it is sure that the Byzantines had the presuppositions required for architectural planning e.g. efficiency and numeral and geometric conception of the sizes. In the Ottoman Empire architectural planning was well-organized as it is proved by surviving plans and models. The architecture was exercised by two professions, the architects and the masters (kalfa). The architects belonged to the restricted state board, responsible for the construction of the civil and military constructions, depended directly on the Sultan. The rest of the buildings were constructed by the masters who were members of local guilds. Their education was based on apprenticeship by an older experienced master. There is also information on the regions under Venetian rule, where such things are inscribed in the tradition of the Western Europe, where the architectural planning was of high level. The professional guilds were also active and apprenticeship was quite widespread but the relations with Italian architects and their books and dossiers provided the chance of a more theoretical education. As far as the construction it is concerned, it was possible only after the written permission given by the central authority (Byzantine, Ottoman and Venetian). The next step was tofindthe members of a workshop/company originated from regions famous for such a reason. Only in the early 19th c. things start to change in Greece. On the one hand it was the independence of the Modern Greek Kingdom and on the other hand it was the reformations after Tanzimat legislation in the Ottoman Empire that concluded to the predominance of architects with European academic education.
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