@conference{
author = "Dragović, Magdalena and Čučaković, Aleksandar and Savvides, Demetrius and Bogdanović, Jelena",
year = "2022",
abstract = "This paper presents a combined application of the
two geometric concepts to analyze architectural layouts of selected medieval churches in the Balkans. One concept is a geometric construction, known as Štambuk’s canon, which is here
supplemented by triangulation. Its application has been already
atested to a wide range of late antique and medieval churches in the Balkans. The second concept is the Octagon model,
which is based on the recovered geometric drawings incised in
stone found at the Octagon monument, originally part of the
late Roman Galerius Palace in Thessaloniki. Both these concepts rely on geometric shapes and specifc type of grid, derived
from the combination of basic shapes of circles with triangles
and squares. In the frst approach, the two types of triangular
sequences, i.e. geometric paterns, are applied on the twelve
layouts of the churches. The analysis shows that these paterns
correspond with the four types of layouts, previously grouped
by Nenadović. In the second approach, based on computer
modeling and fting the four churches’ layouts into the complex Octagon model, the maximal deviation is +/−3 %. Although
these are two diverse starting setings for geometric analysis,
this study indicates a strong correlation between them. Namely,
Štambuk’s construction and Octagon model have been found
to have several elements in common, such as the center of the
apse, the edge of Štambuk’s holy triangle.
This investigation additionally points to the possibility that the
monuments from a wider Balkans region could have been designed by using similar basic geometric principles.",
publisher = "Универзитет уметности у Београду Факултет примењених уметности, Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade",
journal = "Thematic proceedings Art and Science applied: Experience and Vision, 2022",
title = "The two geometric concepts applied on the architectural design of medieval churches in the Balkans",
pages = "392-372",
doi = "10.18485/smartart.2022.2.ch20"
}
