Byzantine Murals
24.10.2020
The conservation study of the frescoes of the Catholicon of the Vatopedi Monastery
Dr. Christos Karydis, Assistant Professor of Preventive and Interventional Conservation at the Ionian University and Eleftherios Papaioannou, Conservator of Antiquities...
14.04.2012
"I expect the resurrection of the dead"? Psychological or ontological request?
1. Introduction Going through the historical course of Christianity, it is natural for the student of the contradictions and confrontations between...
11.05.2011
Introduction to Byzantine Murals
In the Vatopedi Monastery, the frescoed ensembles of the Byzantine era (963-1430) are located in the catholicon and in the chapel of Saints Anargyroi....
11.05.2011
Fragments of frescoes of unknown origin
Fragment of a fresco depicting the embrace of the apostles Peter and Paul, circa 1170-1180. The depiction of the apostles Peter and Paul embracing each other...
11.05.2011
The painter of the Prayer on the Mount of Olives
Two artists worked on the frescoes of the exonarthex, who present completely different artistic personalities from a stylistic point of view, although...
11.05.2011
The frescoes of the chapel of Agioi Anargyroi, late 14th-early 15th century (?), year 1847
In the chapel of Agioi Anargyroi, an interesting set of frescoes from the late Palaiologos era is preserved, which has been overpainted and...
11.05.2011
Introduction to the wall paintings of the catholicon
The frescoed decoration of the catholicon is much later than the time of the church's construction. The oldest layer of frescoes was discovered...