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Item Number: 134611
Title: Byzantine Wall Paintings of Crete, Vol. IV: Agios Basileios Province
Author: Spatharakis, Ioannis
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9789490387075
Description: Leiden: Alexandros Press, 2015. 24cm., hardcover, 544pp. - 272pp. text, 554 color illus. Summary: This book contains 554 illustrations in full colour, most of which are published here for the first time. They mainly come from c. 30 churches from Agios Basileios Province province, examined in this publication. After a short description of the architecture, the author investigates the iconographic programme, iconography, style and date of every church. A ground plan with the layout of the paintings recorded on it and a list of subjects decorating each church are included for most of the churches. A chapter of conclusions summarises the iconographic programme and the iconography of the various scenes and saints of the entire province. Special attention is always paid to the particularities appearing in every part of this study. The wall paintings of Agios Basileios province greatly contribute to our knowledge of Byzantine art, not only with rare and singular subjects but also with the artistic quality of the paintings; which occasionally can be compared to that seen in Constantinople and other great artistic centres of Byzantium.
Contents: Foreword, Introduction, Churches 1-29 (1. Agia Pelagia, St. Anthony. 2. Agios Basileios, St. Basil. 3. Agios Ioannis, Saviour. 4. Akoumia, Saviour. 5. Asomatos, St. John the Baptist. 6. Diblochori, Panagia. 7. Drymiskos, Panagia. 8. Drymiskos, St. Constantine. 9. Karines, St. George. 10. Kerame, St. John the Evangelist. 11. Kissos, Panagia. 12. Kissos, Saviour. 13. Kissos, St. John the Evangelist. 14. Koxare, St. George. 15. Lampini, Panagia. 16. Lampini, St. George. 17. Melampes, St. George. 18. Melampes, St. Paraskevi. 19. Mourne, St. George. 20. Mourne, St Irene. 21. Mourne, St. Marina. 22. Myrthios, Saviour. 23. Orne, Archangel Michael. 24. Preveli, St. George. 25. Preveli, St. Photini. 26. Spili, Saviour. 27. Spili, St. George. 28. Spili, St. Theodore and St. Charalampus. 29. Vatos, St. Nicholas), Conclusions, Index, Bibliography, List of Illustrations, Illustrations 1-554.
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