Monastery of Mega Spileon, Greece

Creator Name

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Peter Toft

Cultural Context

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Danish; Greek Orthodox

Date

1896

About the work

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Architecturally, monasteries are divided into individual cells, connected by common areas, to allow monks to pursue their solitary and group endeavors. The monastery of Mega Spileon is a Greek Orthodox monastery built into a cave in the 300s. Peter Toft depicted the building's exterior in 1896. His work on paper displays the structure's parallel cell windows. When males commit themselves to religious orders, it is often in search of intellectual and pious pursuits. They can maintain a certain amount of control over their movements, traveling for missions and other religious work. This is unlike brothel workers housed in similarly organized spaces.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Drawing

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Title

Monastery of Mega Spileon, Greece

Creator

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Peter Toft
Peter Toft, Swedish, active in America and England, Kolding (Jutland)1825–1901 London, Artist

Worktype

Drawings

Cultural Context

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Danish; Greek Orthodox

Material

Pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown and gray ink, graphite, heightened with white gouache

Dimensions

8 x 4 9/16 in. (20.3 x 11.6 cm);
height: 20.3centimetre;
width: 11.6centimetre

Technique

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Language

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Date

1896

Provenance

Gift of Emma Avery Welcher and Amy Ogden Welcher, 1965

Style Period

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Rights

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Public Domain
Public Domain

Inscription

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Location

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Subjects

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Monastery; Church building; Figure; Monk; Mountain
Human Figures; Buildings

Topic

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Carceral Architecture

Curationist Metadata Contributors

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Amanda Acosta

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Peter Toft, Monastery of Mega Spileon, Greece, 1896. Metropolitan Museum of Art. The monastery of Mega Spileon is a Greek Orthodox monastery built into a cave in the 300s. Public Domain.

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