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
The frescoes of the inner narthex
The inner narthex (midnight) of the catholicon is covered with frescoes from 1760. Recent research has proven the existence of an older layer of paintings, the...
11.05.2011
The frescoes of the exonarthex
The exonarthex of the catholicon is covered with frescoes from 1312. The Byzantine representations are preserved without overpaintings or newer interventions and...
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...