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Byzantine Wall-Paintings of Crete-Rethymnon Province (Hardcover)
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Byzantine Wall-Paintings of Crete-Rethymnon Province (Hardcover)
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This is a systematic publication of the approximately 20 Byzantine
churches with wall-paintings which have survived destruction in the
province of Rethymnon, Crete. They date from ca. 1000 A.D. to the
fifteenth century. Most were decorated during the Palaeologan era,
when the island was occupied by the Venetians (1211-1669 A.D).
These monuments are little known to the scholarly world. The style
and iconographic programme of each church is investigated, as well
as the iconography of the scenes. Special attention is paid to rare
and unique iconographic subjects, e.g., a full cycle of the
Akathistos and a cycle of the Life of St. John the Evangelist.
Certain themes prompt an examination of the degree of western
influence on iconography and style. The wall-paintings of Rethymnon
significantly enrich our knowledge of Byzantine art, especially
that of the late Palaeologan era. Alongside local artists, who
worked in a provincial style, we find painters who applied the
styles that were in vogue in the great Byzantine artistic centres
of Macedonia, Mistra and Constantinople itself. This can be
explained by the immigration of artists from the major centres. A
few are known to us by name. This publication is the first of four
volumes on the churches in the nomos of Rethymnon, which will
include the provinces of Mylopotamos, Amari and Agios Basileios.
There are over 400 plates, many in colour.
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