Morava school

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architectural style medieval Serbian architectural style

The Morava school was a medieval Serbian architectural style that succeeded the Raška school, characterized by richly decorated church facades and a blend of Byzantine and local artistic influences.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Morava school architecture	2
Morava architectural school	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural style ⓘ medieval Serbian architectural style ⓘ
architecturalStyleOf	Serbian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Despot Stefan Lazarević NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Lazar of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	blind arcades ⓘ decorative brickwork ⓘ decorative ceramic inlays ⓘ elaborate sculptural programs ⓘ ornamental stone decoration ⓘ polychrome decoration ⓘ richly carved portals ⓘ richly decorated facades ⓘ rosette windows ⓘ
country	Serbia ⓘ
culturalContext	late medieval Serbian state ⓘ period after the Battle of Kosovo ⓘ
developedInPeriod	15th century ⓘ late 14th century ⓘ
flourishedUnder	Moravian Serbian rulers ⓘ
follows	Raška school NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchitecturalPlan	inscribed cross plan ⓘ triconch plan ⓘ
hasArtisticFeature	combination of stone sculpture and brick patterns ⓘ complex decorative programs on facades ⓘ integration of architecture and fresco painting ⓘ
hasDomeType	central dome ⓘ multiple smaller domes ⓘ
hasInfluence	Byzantine architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ local Serbian artistic traditions ⓘ
hasNotableExample	Gornjak Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalenić Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Ljubostinja Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Manasija Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Naupara Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravanica Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Resava Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	important part of Serbian cultural heritage ⓘ
namedAfter	Morava region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbian medieval art ⓘ
precedes	post-Byzantine Serbian architecture ⓘ
region	Morava Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
usedFor	church architecture ⓘ monastery architecture ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of Saint Prince Lazar in Kruševac → architecturalStyle → Morava school ⓘ

Ravanica Monastery → architecturalStyle → Morava school ⓘ

Church of Saint Prince Lazar in Kruševac → category → Morava school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Morava school architecture

Raška school → followedBy → Morava school ⓘ

Ljubostinja Monastery → heritage → Morava school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Morava architectural school

Ravanica Monastery → knownFor → Morava school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Morava school architecture