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Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
Although geographically far apart, these three monasteries (the first in Attica near Athens, the second in Phokida near Delphi, and the third on an Aegean island near Asia Minor) are of the same type and share the same aesthetic characteristics. The churches were built with a cruciform plan, with large domes supported by angled arches forming an octagonal space. In the 11th and 12th centuries they were decorated with fine marble work as well as mosaics on a gold background, all of which are characteristic of the "Second Golden Age of Byzantine Art".
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
Although geographically far apart, these three monasteries (the first in Attica near Athens, the second in Phokida near Delphi, and the third on an Aegean island near Asia Minor) are of the same type and share the same aesthetic characteristics. The churches were built with a cruciform plan, with large domes supported by angled arches forming an octagonal space. In the 11th and 12th centuries they were decorated with fine marble work as well as mosaics on a gold background, all of which are characteristic of the "Second Golden Age of Byzantine Art".
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
The four buildings at the site reflect the pinnacle of Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with a distinctive style of fresco painting that developed in the Balkans between the 13th and 17th centuries. The Monastery of Dečani was built in the mid-14th century for the Serbian King Stefan Dečani and also serves as his mausoleum. The Archbishop's Monastery of Pécs is a group of four domed churches that features a series of frescoes. The 13th-century frescoes in the Church of the Holy Apostles were painted in a distinctive monumental style. The early 14th-century frescoes in the Church of Our Lady of Livisa represent the emergence of the so-called Neo-Paleologo Renaissance style, which blends influences from Eastern Orthodox Byzantine and Western Romanesque traditions. This style played a decisive role in later Balkan art.