Doula Mouriki

Doula Mouriki
Born1934
Died1991 (aged 56–57)
NationalityGreek
AwardsGottfried von Herder Award
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Athens
Alma materPrinceton University
Doctoral advisorKurt Weitzmann
Academic work
DisciplineArt history
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsNational Technical University of Athens
Notable works
  • The Mosaics and Frescoes of St. Mary Pammakaristos (1978)
  • The Mosaics of Nea Moni on Chios (1985)
  • Thirteenth-century Icon Painting on Cyprus (1986)

Doula Mouriki (Greek: Ντούλα Μουρίκη; 1934–1991) was a Greek Byzantinologist and art historian. She made important contributions to the study of Byzantine art in Greece.

Education

Doula Mouriki was born in 1934 at Ampelokepi (near Aigio).[1] She earned degrees in history and archaeology in 1956 from the University of Athens.[2] From 1956 to 1957, she received a scholarship to visit the École pratique des hautes études and the Collège de France, where she studied under André Grabar and Paul Lemerle.[1] Afterwards, she returned to the University of Athens to earn a degree in French literature in 1958.

In the early 1960s, Mouriki was first hired as a temporary staff member by the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and shortly thereafter as a principal research assistant under Manolis Hatzidakis at the Byzantine and Christian Museum.[2] She later attended Princeton University, studying with Kurt Weitzmann.[3] At Princeton, Mouriki earned an MFA in 1968 and a PhD in 1970,[4] completing her doctoral dissertation on miniatures in Byzantine manuscripts of Cosmas Indicopleustes' Christian Topography.[5] She holds the distinction of being the first woman to earn a PhD from the university's Department of Art and Archaeology.[6]

Career

After receiving her PhD, Mouriki taught at the National Technical University of Athens, where she remained for the rest of her career. She was the first woman to receive the title of professor in the university's School of Architecture.[1] Mouriki also served as a member of the administrative council of the Greek Archaeological Society,[1] as a corresponding member of the Istituto di studi bizantini e neogreci,[3] and on an advisory committee for the Greek Ministry of Culture on the preservation of historical monuments at Mistra.[1]

Mouriki's areas of research included late medieval Cypriot icons,[7][8] Middle Byzantine-period mosaics,[9][10] and Palaiologan-era monumental painting programmes in Greece.[11][12] She also produced two papers on Georgian fresco cycles.[13][14] Many of her publications focused on Byzantine and Orthodox iconography, including that of the Virgin Mary, as well as the development of "regional schools" of medieval Orthodox painting.[1] Her 1985 monograph on the mosaics of the Nea Moni of Chios was awarded the Gottfried von Herder Award.[3]

Mouriki died on 25 November 1991 in Athens, Greece.[3]

Publications

  • The Frescoes of the Church of St. Nicholas at Platsa in the Mani, Athens, 1975
  • The Mosaics and Frescos of St. Mary Pammakaristos (Fethiye Camii at Istanbul), with Hans Belting and Cyril Mango, Washington, D.C., 1978
  • "Stylistic Trends in Monumental Painting of Greece during the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries," Dumbarton Oaks Papers, vol. 34/35 (1981): pp. 77–124
  • The Mosaics of Nea Moni on Chios, Athens, 1985 (Gottfried von Herder Award, 1987)
  • Thirteenth-century Icon Painting in Cyprus, Athens, 1986
  • The Twilight of Byzantium: Aspects of Cultural and Religious History in the Late Byzantine Empire, editor and contributor with Slobodan Ćurčić, Princeton, 1991

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bouras, Charalambos (1999). "The Scholarly Work of Doula Mouriki, Her Academic Career in Greece, and Her Role in Promoting Byzantine Studies". In Ševčenko, Nancy Patterson; Moss, Christopher (eds.). Medieval Cyprus: Studies in Art, Architecture, and History in Memory of Doula Mouriki. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 3–12.
  2. ^ a b Ševčenko, Nancy Patterson; Moss, Christopher (2002). "Review: Medieval Cyprus: Studies in Art, Architecture, and History in Memory of Doula Mouriki". Speculum. 77 (1): 244. doi:10.2307/2903863. JSTOR 2903863.
  3. ^ a b c d Maguire, Henry; Ševčenko, Nancy (1993). "Doula Mouriki. 1934–1991". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 47: xii–xvi. JSTOR 1291668.
  4. ^ Ćurčić, Slobodan; Gondicas, Dimitri; Herrin, Judith (1999). "Preface". In Ševčenko, Nancy Patterson; Moss, Christopher (eds.). Medieval Cyprus: Studies in Art, Architecture, and History in Memory of Doula Mouriki. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. vii.
  5. ^ Mouriki, Doula (1970). The Octateuch Miniatures of the Byzantine Manuscripts of Cosmas Indicopleustes (PhD Dissertation). Princeton: Princeton University, Department of Art and Archaeology.
  6. ^ "Books Received". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 100: 25. 9 February 2000.
  7. ^ Mouriki, Doula (1986). Thirteenth-century Icon Painting in Cyprus. Athens: Gennadius Library.
  8. ^ Mouriki, Doula (1993). "The Cult of Cypriot Saints in Medieval Cyprus as Attested by Church Decorations and Icon Painting". In Bryer, A. M. M.; Georghallides, G. S. (eds.). The Sweet Land of Cyprus: Papers Given at the Twenty-Fifth Jubilee Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre. pp. 237–77.
  9. ^ Belting, Hans; Mango, Cyril; Mouriki, Doula (1978). The Mosaics and Frescoes of St. Mary Pammakaristos (Fethiye Camii at Istanbul). Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks.
  10. ^ Mouriki, Doula (1985). The Mosaics of Nea Moni on Chios. Athens: Bank of Greece.
  11. ^ Mouriki, Doula (1975). The Frescoes of the Church of St. Nicholas at Platsa in the Mani. Athens: Bank of Attica.
  12. ^ Mouriki, Doula (1980–1981). "Stylistic Trends in Monumental Painting of Greece during the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 34/35: 77–124. doi:10.2307/1291449. JSTOR 1291449.
  13. ^ Mouriki, Doula (1981). "The Formative Role of Byzantine Art on the Artistic Style of Cultural Neighbours of Byzantium: Reflections of Constantinopolitan Styles in Georgian Monumental Painting". JÖB. 31: 725–57.
  14. ^ Mouriki, Doula (1986). "Observations on the Style of the Wall Paintings of the Sion Church at Ateni, Georgia". In Calò Mariani, M. S. (ed.). L'arte giogaia dal IX al XIV secolo: Atti del terzo simposio internazionale sull'arte georgiana, Bari e Lecce, 14–18 ottobre 1980. Galatina: Congedo Editore. pp. 173–85.