Ηieromonk Damascene from Ioannina: The Founder of the Most Prominent Religious Painting Workshop on Mount Athos at the Turn of the 18th Century
Ηieromonk Damascene from Ioannina: The Founder of the Most Prominent Religious Painting Workshop on Mount Athos at the Turn of the 18th Century

Summary/Abstract: Hieromonk Damascene from Ioannina is the most prominent painter on Mount Athos at the turn of the 18th century. He established a workshop, which dominated on Mount Athos for more than two decades. Working in a transitional artistic period on Mount Athos he incorporated trends from various artistic origins and developed his distinct style loyal to the byzantine tradition. He was heavily criticised by the well-known painter Dionysius of Fourna, who favoured the works of old byzantine masters like Panselinos in Protaton. Damascene’s limited abilities to renovate his unpromising personal style had as a result that his style of painting was abandonedforever.

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