Architecture In the Melkite icons in Syria from middle of the Seventeenth until the beginnings of the Nineteenth centuries

To put it in the simplest of terms: in the beginnings of the seventeenth century, the Melkite renaissance had begun during domination Ottoman by the religious framework of Islam, in Syria, and especially in Aleppo. Where Aleppo has restored the art of icon in the Melkite church that took a remarkable place in the history of the post-Byzantine art. In this dissertation, I discuss the architecture in Melkite Art utilizing 91 icons as a case study. These icons will be catalogued and explained one by one. I will begin by talking about the relationship between architectural backgrounds and the depicted subject which will be divided into three types; narrative, the proskynetaria, and individual icons. In the next section, I will be discussing the Reverse perspective, and how the Melkite artist used it. In the latter part, which is the main goal of this dissertation, the focus will be the types of architectural representations, questioning the way in which the Melkite artist depicted architectural elements such as domes, bema, columns, etc. Discussing how they represented historical buildings such as the Holy Sepulchre, monasteries, and to conclude general thoughts about the repetition of architectural elements in Melkite art in Syria during the Ottoman period.