Architecture and Art Byzantine Churches of Mount Athos

The book sets the context for portraying the Byzantine churches of Mount Athos by first outlining a brief description of the Byzantine world, from AD 330 to 1453. Then follows comprehensive written and illustrated depictions of the architecture and art of the Byzantine churches of each of the existing twenty monasteries and four sketes which the author has visited and photographed. Each written depiction provides a history of the monastery along with the major architectural and iconographic...