Reproducing Engravings on a Single Icon: The Case of the Theotokos Megaspelaiotissa
Reproducing Engravings on a Single Icon: The Case of the Theotokos Megaspelaiotissa
Author(s): Ioannis VitaliotisSubject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, 18th Century, 19th Century, History of Art
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките
Summary/Abstract: A unique Vita icon of the Theotokos Dexiokratousa (1806) in Chrysopege monastery, Crete, is signed by Athonite painter Nikephoros from Karpenisi (+1816). The main subject, a reproduction of “St Luke’s icon” of the Mega Spelaion monastery, is surrounded by eleven scenes illustrating its legend. The composition is based on two late-18th – early 19th century engravings. The donor, hieromonk Kallinikos Megaspelaiotes, might have ordered it for one of the two metochia of the Peloponnesian monastery in Constantinople. He can be identified with the homonymous author of the Little Vespers, added to the office for the patron saints of Mega Spelaion (Athens, 1840).
Journal: Изкуствоведски четения
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 153-174
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English, Bulgarian
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