Raška architectural school
Raška architectural school, also known as the Raška style, or simply as the Raška school, is an ecclesiastical architectural style that flourished in the Serbian Middle Ages, during the reign of the Nemanjić dynasty. The style is present in several notable churches and monasteries: Studenica, Peć, Sopoćani, Morača, Arilje and many others. This style descends from the traditional Byzantine architecture with early Christian church-design, and often utilizes a combination of stone and wood material. The Byzantine style was contrasted with that of the Latin-Romanesque style in Zeta. With the reunification of Serbia proper and Zeta under Stefan Nemanja, a cultural bridge connected Serbia with the best-known centers of world art, Thessaloniki and Constantinople on the one side and the Republic of Venice and the Adriatic coast on the other.
Examples
- Studenica Monastery, founded by Stefan Nemanja in 1190
- Patriarchate of Peć, founded by Archbishop Arsenije I in ca. 1250
- Morača Monastery, founded by Stefan Vukanović in 1252
- Monastery of Sopoćani, founded by king Uroš I in 1259
- Church of Arilje, founded by King Dragutin in 1296
- Uvac Monastery, founded by the Nemanjic dynasty in the 13th century
- Gomionica Monastery, founded in the 15th century
- Kumanica Monastery, founded in the 15th century
- Mala Remeta Monastery, founded by King Dragutin in the 13th century.
- Dobrilovina Monastery, founded before the 16th century
- Moštanica Monastery, founded in the early 16th century
- Gomionica Monastery, founded before 1536