The wall paintings of three churches in the despotate of the Morea. The work of a single workshop?
Abstract
In this article the author discusses the painted decoration of three churches that once belonged to the Despotate of the Morea. These are the church of Panagia Vrestenitissa at Vrestena, (ca 1400), the church of St. Nicholas at Agoriani (ca 1400) and the church of Taxiarches at Agriakona (ca 1400). The frescoes of these churches have affinities both iconographic and stylistic. These similarities suggest the work of painters who had received the same artistic training and also imply the use of the same working drawings. However, the great chronological gap that separates all three monuments is a major problem. Redating the paintings of St Nicholas’ church or by assuming that the workshop outlived through its students who kept using the same patterns and techniques can somehow tackle this problem.
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ΔΕΛΗΓΙΑΝΝΗ-ΔΩΡΗ Ε. (1999). The wall paintings of three churches in the despotate of the Morea. The work of a single workshop?. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 20, 185–194. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.1206
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