Ηave working drawings contributed to a common artistic “dialect”? Remarks on sketches and icons of local painting workshops in the 19th century Balkans
Ηave working drawings contributed to a common artistic “dialect”? Remarks on sketches and icons of local painting workshops in the 19th century Balkans

Summary/Abstract: The recent study of the twenty-four working drawings and sketches (anthivola) of the Makris-Margaritis Collection proved particularly fruitful to explore the relationships and interactions between local ecclesiastical art workshops active during the 19th century in the southern Balkans. The comparative study of these working drawings on the one hand confirmed their origin from the Marinas family workshop from the village of Chioniades in Epirus and on the other hand highlighted that this archive also includes drawings of other contemporary renowned ateliers of the southern Balkans. However, most drawings are associated with Athonite artistic workshops, whose production reached wider area of the southern Balkans.

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