@inbook{
author = "Yeager, Travis and Bogdanović, Jelena and Forehand, Leslie and Danilović, Dušan and Dragović, Magdalena and Chatterjee, Debanjana and Gasper, Jacob and Pejić, Marko and Čučaković, Aleksandar and Martinenko, Anastasija and Kerton, Charles",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The Church of the Mother of God at Studenica Monastery in Serbia was estab-
lished by the medieval Serbian ruler and founder of his own dynasty, Stefan
Nemanja (r. 1169–1196).1 The church is finely proportioned. Sophisticated
treatment of wall surfaces additionally enriches the high-quality construc-
tion in stone (figure 10.1). Nicely carved architectural sculpture enlivens the
church exterior while extensive fresco decoration adorns the interior walls.
The building is a single-nave structure, with a dominant square-based domical
core and a tripartite sanctuary, typical for Byzantine-rite churches (figure 10.2).
Architecturally and structurally speaking, this design is essentially a condensed
form of a typical Middle Byzantine church, known as an atrophied Greek-cross
church.2 In such churches, as in Studenica church, the lateral arms of the cross
are reduced to narrow barrel vaults. Thus, these vaults effectively become mas-
sive arches that project from structural piers; the same piers that carry trans-
versal arches, which support the domical core of the structure.",
publisher = "BRILL",
journal = "Natural Light in Medieval Churches",
booktitle = "Modeling the Sunlight Illumination of the Church at Studenica Monastery",
pages = "277-253",
volume = "88",
doi = "10.1163/9789004527980_012"
}
