Doula Mouriki

Doula Mouriki (; 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). 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. completing her doctoral dissertation on miniatures in Byzantine manuscripts of Cosmas Indicopleustes' Christian Topography. She holds the distinction of being the first woman to earn a PhD from the university's Department of Art and Archaeology.

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. Mouriki also served as a member of the administrative council of the Greek Archaeological Society, Middle Byzantine-period mosaics, and Palaiologan-era monumental painting programmes in Greece. She also produced two papers on Georgian fresco cycles. 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.

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