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Panagiotis
and Effi Michelis Foundation
The Panagiotis and Effi Michelis Foundation
was founded in 1979 by Effi Michelis. The aims of the foundation
include the study of topics in aesthetics, philosophy of the arts
and related areas as well as supporting, furthering and disseminating
studies in these topics.
With this aim the foundation organises
and sponsors academic publications, academic conferences and seminars
as well as scholarships for academic research and postgraduate studies.
The Foundation runs a Library specialising in aesthetics and the
philosophy of the arts. The foundation sponsors institutions with
parallel aims and also the funding and the running of a Michelis
Chair in Aesthetics at the University of Crete
Panagiotis Michelis (1903-1969)
Pangiotis A. Michelis was born in Patras
and was an architect, a theorist of art and architecture, and a
scholar of aesthetics. He graduated from the school of architecture
of the University of Dresden (1926) and he worked in Athens as an
architect and wrote extensively studies on the theory of architecture
and the arts more generally. He was Professor of Architectural Morphology
and Rhythm in the School of Architecture of the National Metsoveion
Polytechneion of Athens (1941-1967), while he also taught at Universities
in Europe and the united States. Michelis was also the founder and
the first President of the Greek Society of Aesthetics.
Panagiotis Michelis was one of the first champions
of modern architecture among Greek architects, and he was internationally
recognised, while his work was translated in many European languages.
Michelis through his work tried to illuminate and interpret the Byzantine
and ancient Greek art, as well as the modern Greek vernacular architecture.
Further, he contributed in establishing the theoretical foundations
of modern architecture in Greece.
Effi
Micheli
Eff Micheli, born Maragou, a painter and
wife of Professor P.Michelis, was born in Athens. She emerged as
a painter in 1952 painting in the naif style. She took part in many
individual and collective Exhibitions in Greece and abroad. She
was a founding member of the International Cultural Association
of Women, and she was later elected President of the Association
(1980). In 1979 Effi Micheli founded the Panagiotis and Effi Michelis
Foundation of which she served as the first President and to which
she bequeathed her fortune.
Panagiotis and Effi Michelis
Foundation
Governing & Administrative Board
Dionysis A. Zivas President
Georgios L. Anagnostopoulos Vice-President
Athanasios Ach. Tzartzanos Treasurer
Agni Peristeraki Secretary
Giannis Kostopoulos Member
Publications
The Panagiotis and Effi Michelis Foundation
publishes the journal Annals of Aesthetics. The Foundation publishes
books in the philosophy and history of art. Its publications include
the works of Panagiotis Michelis.
Library
The foundation has founded and runs a library
specialising in aesthetics, theory of art and architecture (more
than 11.000 volumes). The library includes reading rooms and a small
lecture theater.
Scholarships
The Panagiotis and Effi Michelis Foundation
funds the Michelis Award Grants one-year scholarships to graduates
of Greek universities for postgraduate studies abroad in aesthetics,
philosophy and theory of art as well as studies in architecture.
The Michelis chair
In the academic year 1998-9 the Michelis
Chair was established at the Philosophy Department of the University
of Crete. This was a pioneering move since this is the first chair
in a Greek University funded by a private institution.
Conferences Seminars and Lectures
The foundation has organised a number of
international conferences and public lectures on aesthetics, philosophy
of the arts, architecture and on the history of the arts in general.
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