Papers by Sonia Gkounta
The purpose of the present paper is a retrospective search in bibliography and architectural proj... more The purpose of the present paper is a retrospective search in bibliography and architectural projects, concerning the significance of the rivers in human life.
Thesis Chapters by Sonia Gkounta
Masterarbeit im Masterstudium Denkmalpflege der Technischen Universität Berlin mit Titel: "Thessa... more Masterarbeit im Masterstudium Denkmalpflege der Technischen Universität Berlin mit Titel: "Thessaloniki/Griechenland: Osmanische Badeanlage in Pefka, Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege"
Erstgutachterin: Thekla Schulz-Brize
Zweitgutachterin: Ursula Hüffer
Μεταπτυχιακή Διατριβή στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα Denkmalpflege (Heritage Conservation) στο Technische Universität Berlin με τίτλο: "Οθωμανικό λουτρό στα Πεύκα Θεσσαλονίκης, Τεκμηρίωση και Προστασία".
Επιβλέπουσες Καθηγήτριες: Thekla Schulz-Brize, Ursula Hüffer
Conference Presentations by Sonia Gkounta
Welcoming Remarks 08.25-08.30 Paschalis ANDROUDIS 08.30-08.35 Katerina MANOUSOU-NTELLA 08.35-08.4... more Welcoming Remarks 08.25-08.30 Paschalis ANDROUDIS 08.30-08.35 Katerina MANOUSOU-NTELLA 08.35-08.40 Ploutarchos THEOCHARIDIS 1st SESSION-BΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕ TOWERS: CASE STUDIES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS Chair: Dimitris LIAKOS 08.40-09.00 Nektarios ZARRAS Beautiful castles for Brave Men-Dedicatory Inscriptions on Towers of the Middle and Late Byzantine Period 09.00-09.20 Nicholas MELVANI Towers and Texts in Medieval Constantinople 09.20-09.40 Dimitris LIAKOS Athonite towers-the dedicatory inscriptions and their significance 09.40-10.00 Franziska REINHART From watchtower to burgus (to quadriburgium)? The development and unction of Roman watchtowers in the western provinces with a short view to the East
Suna ÇAĞAPTAY, M. ÇAĞHAN KESKIN Ιn the aftermath of the Timurid sack: Buildings and builders in B... more Suna ÇAĞAPTAY, M. ÇAĞHAN KESKIN Ιn the aftermath of the Timurid sack: Buildings and builders in Bursa While the use of alternating brick-and-stone masonry is a distinguishing feature in the early religious as well as nonreligious Ottoman buildings of Bursa, during the reign of Bayezid I the architectural culture shifted to stone-marble ashlar masonry. In this paper, we would like to argue that the Timurid sack of 1402 did not disrupt the Ottoman empire-building project so much as herald a continuation carried out with similar materials but an evolving vocabulary. The Ottoman project was resumed in full when Timur left Anatolia about a decade later in 1413 to pursue his longtime ambition of conquering Asia itself. The new architectural style included many borrowings from the Mamluk, Timurid, and local Anatolian-Balkan elements, as showcased by the Green (Yeşil) Convent-Masjid (1419-21) established by Mehmed I (r. 1413-21). Using a nuanced re-reading of the archival, epigraphic and visual evidence, we aim to chase the identity of the builders. Whatever the limitations of the Mamluks' work, it demonstrates that not just Byzantine but also other masons and builders added their efforts to Ottoman buildings through elevation and plan, decoration, and construction techniques. Indeed, a wide range of Mamluk, Timurid, and local Anatolian-Balkan elements also appear in the early fifteenth-century architecture of Bursa in the aftermath of the Timurid sack and during the interregnum period. Patricia BLESSING Bursa and beyond: On the fifteenth-century origins of Ottoman architecture This paper examines Ottoman architecture in the long fifteenth century, against the backdrop of major historical events such as Bayezid I's defeat against Timur in 1402, the interregnum, and Mehmed II's conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It argues against a teleological narrative that moves from the first extant Ottoman-sponsored monuments to the major intervention of Sinan in the mid-sixteenth century. Rather, the paper focuses on the diverse and multi-valent nature of the emerging Empire's building program. Paschalis ANDROUDIS Early Ottoman architecture in Greece. The so-called "Bursa" period The monuments of the early Ottoman architecture in Greece share some common elements such the cloisonné brickwork system (the use of alternating brick-and-stone masonry). The presence of this system which is a distinguishing feature in the early Ottoman buildings of Bursa, led some Greek scholars to speak about the "School of Bursa" in Greece and "buildings of small scale and rather provincial character in comparison with major works in the Northern Balkans, Bursa and Edirne". This paper will present some early Ottoman monuments in Greece that share some common, mainly external features that can be found in the buildings of Bursa and its sphere and why the term "Bursa period" in Greece should not be used any more.
Symposia, Conferences, Workshops by Sonia Gkounta
by Paschalis Androudis, Mustafa Çağhan Keskin, Lilyana Yordanova, Maximilian Hartmuth, Efthymios Rizos, Melina Perdikopoulou, Katerina Kousoula, Androniki Batzikosta, Sonia Gkounta, Dimitris P. Drakoulis, Nikolaos Vryzidis, Georgia Graikou, Dimitris Liakos, Aineias Oikonomou, Varvara Papadopoulou, Tenia Anastasiadou, Ρούλα Σδρόλια, Kostas Kamburidis, Ayşe KAYAPINAR, Χρύσα Μελκίδη, ELEFTHERIA TSAKANIKA, Emre Kolay, Eleni Faka, Marina Petkakis, and Eleftheria Konstantinidou Machiel Kiel is a pioneering and prominent figure in the study of Ottoman architecture in the Bal... more Machiel Kiel is a pioneering and prominent figure in the study of Ottoman architecture in the Balkans. He has traveled and researched the area extensively since the late 1960s.The Ottoman monuments in Greece are studied by him beginning with an article on Thessaloniki, which was published in the Balkan Studies journal in 1970. Nowadays,
more than half a century later, it is worthy to revisit the topic with the organization of an international conference in orde r to trace the current condition of fields such as the research and conservation of Ottoman architecture , urban formation, the history of the city, as well as both Ottoman and Christian art with a focus in Greece
by Paschalis Androudis, Katerina A Manoussou-Ntella, Dimitris Liakos, Alkiviadis Ginalis, Lilyana Yordanova, Evangelos A Papathanassiou, Sotiris Voyadjis, Nebojša Stanković, Elli Tzavella, Jenny Albani, Demetris Athanasoulis, Stavros Arvanitopoulos, cécile khalifa, Stephane Pradines, Mathias Piana, Fabio Coden, Jasmina S. Ciric, Sonia Gkounta, Mustafa Çağhan Keskin, Vincent Ory, Androniki Batzikosta, Georgia Graikou, Paolo Maranzana, Kerim Altug, Petra Lučeničová, Erdal Eser, Ivana Mihaljinec, Michael K Miaoulis, filippos stathoulopoulos, Oleg G . Ulyanov (Олег Германович Ульянов), and Eleni Faka
The Online International Conference devoted to the Towers in Byzantine and Post Byzantine period ... more The Online International Conference devoted to the Towers in Byzantine and Post Byzantine period (10th-16th centuries), to be held virtually via Zoom from 18 to 20 November 2022, seeks to illuminate aspects of their construction, decoration, function and evolution in time. Our Conference does not aim at exhausting the subject, but will offer an interdisciplinary forum for a selection of talks that touch upon some of the following aspects:
- Single (free)- standing towers
- Monastic Towers
- Towers in maritime forts, harbors and arsenals
- Towers in Palaces
- Donjons
- Towers with gates
- Byzantine Towers in Asia Minor (Anatolia)
- Towers of the Frankish, Venetian and Genoese rulers
- Towers of the Order of St. John
- Genoese Towers in Turkey
- Seljuk Towers
- Ottoman Towers
- Post-Byzantine Towers
- Towers with canons
- Tower Houses of the Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and
early Ottoman Period
- Inscriptions on Towers
- Heraldry in Towers
- Buttressed Towers
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Thesis Chapters by Sonia Gkounta
Erstgutachterin: Thekla Schulz-Brize
Zweitgutachterin: Ursula Hüffer
Μεταπτυχιακή Διατριβή στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα Denkmalpflege (Heritage Conservation) στο Technische Universität Berlin με τίτλο: "Οθωμανικό λουτρό στα Πεύκα Θεσσαλονίκης, Τεκμηρίωση και Προστασία".
Επιβλέπουσες Καθηγήτριες: Thekla Schulz-Brize, Ursula Hüffer
Conference Presentations by Sonia Gkounta
Symposia, Conferences, Workshops by Sonia Gkounta
more than half a century later, it is worthy to revisit the topic with the organization of an international conference in orde r to trace the current condition of fields such as the research and conservation of Ottoman architecture , urban formation, the history of the city, as well as both Ottoman and Christian art with a focus in Greece
- Single (free)- standing towers
- Monastic Towers
- Towers in maritime forts, harbors and arsenals
- Towers in Palaces
- Donjons
- Towers with gates
- Byzantine Towers in Asia Minor (Anatolia)
- Towers of the Frankish, Venetian and Genoese rulers
- Towers of the Order of St. John
- Genoese Towers in Turkey
- Seljuk Towers
- Ottoman Towers
- Post-Byzantine Towers
- Towers with canons
- Tower Houses of the Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and
early Ottoman Period
- Inscriptions on Towers
- Heraldry in Towers
- Buttressed Towers
Erstgutachterin: Thekla Schulz-Brize
Zweitgutachterin: Ursula Hüffer
Μεταπτυχιακή Διατριβή στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα Denkmalpflege (Heritage Conservation) στο Technische Universität Berlin με τίτλο: "Οθωμανικό λουτρό στα Πεύκα Θεσσαλονίκης, Τεκμηρίωση και Προστασία".
Επιβλέπουσες Καθηγήτριες: Thekla Schulz-Brize, Ursula Hüffer
more than half a century later, it is worthy to revisit the topic with the organization of an international conference in orde r to trace the current condition of fields such as the research and conservation of Ottoman architecture , urban formation, the history of the city, as well as both Ottoman and Christian art with a focus in Greece
- Single (free)- standing towers
- Monastic Towers
- Towers in maritime forts, harbors and arsenals
- Towers in Palaces
- Donjons
- Towers with gates
- Byzantine Towers in Asia Minor (Anatolia)
- Towers of the Frankish, Venetian and Genoese rulers
- Towers of the Order of St. John
- Genoese Towers in Turkey
- Seljuk Towers
- Ottoman Towers
- Post-Byzantine Towers
- Towers with canons
- Tower Houses of the Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and
early Ottoman Period
- Inscriptions on Towers
- Heraldry in Towers
- Buttressed Towers