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The sixteen studies in this book include six specially translated
from Greek and another two published here for the first time. They
deal with the art of painting in Crete at a time when the island
was under Venetian rule. The main emphasis is on the 15th century
and especially on the painter Angelos. More than thirty icons with
his signature survive, and at least twenty more can be reliably
attributed to him. Angelos was the most significant artist of a
particularly significant era. It was at this time that the centre
of artistic production migrated from Constantinople, the capital of
the Byzantine Empire to Candia, the capital of Venetian-occupied
Crete. These studies try to reconstruct the personality of this
late Byzantine painter, Angelos, not only through his icons but
also through his will (1436), now in the State Archives in Venice.
In this context they also explore the status of the Cretan painter
in society. The large number of extant Cretan icons clearly
indicates the striking increase in production from the 15th century
onwards. Similarly, archival documents are used to examine the
trade of icons in Crete and the way Cretan artists had to organize
their workshops in order to meet the requirements of the market.
Fully illustrated in colour and black and white, Images of the
Mother of God complements the successful exhibition catalogue of
the 'Mother of God' exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It
brings together the work of leading international authorities and
younger scholars to provide a wide-ranging survey of how the
Theotokos was perceived in the Byzantine world. It embraces the
disciplines of art historians, archaeologists, traditional and
feminist historians, as well as theologians, philologists and
social anthropologists. Images of the Mother of God will appeal not
just to those interested in Byzantine art and culture, but also to
scholars of Western Europe in the Middle Ages who are looking for
comparative materials in their own work.
The sixteen studies in this book include six specially translated
from Greek and another two published here for the first time. They
deal with the art of painting in Crete at a time when the island
was under Venetian rule. The main emphasis is on the 15th century
and especially on the painter Angelos. More than thirty icons with
his signature survive, and at least twenty more can be reliably
attributed to him. Angelos was the most significant artist of a
particularly significant era. It was at this time that the centre
of artistic production migrated from Constantinople, the capital of
the Byzantine Empire to Candia, the capital of Venetian-occupied
Crete. These studies try to reconstruct the personality of this
late Byzantine painter, Angelos, not only through his icons but
also through his will (1436), now in the State Archives in Venice.
In this context they also explore the status of the Cretan painter
in society. The large number of extant Cretan icons clearly
indicates the striking increase in production from the 15th century
onwards. Similarly, archival documents are used to examine the
trade of icons in Crete and the way Cretan artists had to organize
their workshops in order to meet the requirements of the market.
Fully illustrated in colour and black and white, Images of the
Mother of God complements the successful exhibition catalogue of
the 'Mother of God' exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It
brings together the work of leading international authorities and
younger scholars to provide a wide-ranging survey of how the
Theotokos was perceived in the Byzantine world. It embraces the
disciplines of art historians, archaeologists, traditional and
feminist historians, as well as theologians, philologists and
social anthropologists. Images of the Mother of God will appeal not
just to those interested in Byzantine art and culture, but also to
scholars of Western Europe in the Middle Ages who are looking for
comparative materials in their own work.
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