Editing Byzantine architecture (section)

=== Late Byzantine architecture ===
The [[Paleologus|Paleologan]] period is well represented in a dozen former churches in Istanbul, notably [[Chora Church|St Saviour at Chora]] and [[Pammakaristos Church|St Mary Pammakaristos]]. Unlike their Slavic counterparts, the Paleologan architects never accented the vertical thrust of structures. As a result, the late medieval architecture of Byzantium (barring the [[Hagia Sophia, Trabzon|Hagia Sophia]] of [[Trabzon|Trebizond]]) is less prominent in height.

The [[Church of the Holy Apostles (Thessaloniki)]] is cited as an archetypal structure of the late period with its exterior walls intricately decorated with complex brickwork patterns or with glazed ceramics. Other churches from the years immediately predating the fall of Constantinople survive on [[Mount Athos]] and in [[Mystras|Mistra]] (e.g. [[Brontochion Monastery]]). That site also has preserved secular architecture such as the Palace of the Despots and several houses.  

In the late Byzantine period, c. 1310, a highly ornate [[Parecclesion|parekklesion]] was added to the [[Pammakaristos Church]] in Constantinople for the tomb of Michael Glabas Tarchaniotes, a Byzantine aristocrat and general who lived c. 1235 to c. 1305–08.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ousterhout |first=Robert |url=https://pressbooks.pub/smarthistoryguidetobyzantineart/chapter/late-byzantine-church-architecture/ |title=Smarthistory Guide to Byzantine Art |date=2021 |editor-last=Freeman |editor-first=Evan |chapter=Late Byzantine Church Architecture}}</ref> It displays the attenuated proportions favored in the late Byzantine era, as well as shifts in style in the mosaics' treatment of figures.