Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 – an 'intense and betwitching' show
This new "blockbuster" at the National Gallery – featuring more than 100 exhibits including paintings, manuscripts and ...
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Realistic portrait of the last Byzantine ruler found in Greek monastery
A unique portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was discovered at the Old Monastery of the Archangels in Aigialeia, Greece. The finding was made during ...
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A Byzantine Warning.On the new documentary film, The Fall of an Empire—the Lesson of Byzantium
We are referring to the popular Byzantine Portraits by Charles Diehl, which became for many a discovery of Byzantium, up to that time something akin to Plato’s Atlantis. At first C. Diehl describes ...
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The Greek Church That May Hold the Oldest Crucifixion Icon
The Greek Orthodox Holy Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai is believed to house the oldest icon depicting the ...
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The Byzantine Empire as a Bridge Between Antiquity and Modern Europe
The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe.
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“Memories of Greece: Post-Byzantine Art and El Greco at the National Gallery of Athens”
The National Gallery is an art museum located on Vasilisis Sofias avenue in Athens, Greece. It is devoted to Greek and ...