| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Mistrás, Peloponnese, Greece | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 1290-1295 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Greek (modern)) | en_US |
| dc.date | 1290-1295 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-22T21:17:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-02-22T21:17:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1290-1295 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 195658 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1510 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/103166 | |
| dc.description | View of the apse; The large complex of the monastery of the Brontochion occupies the northernmost corner of the Lower Town and served as a cultural centre and burial place of the despots. It has two churches, Hagioi Theodoroi and the Hodegetria, also known as Aphentiko. Hagioi Theodoroi combines a cruciform plan with a domed octagon. According to an inscription, it was built ca. 1290-1295. Only poorly preserved fragments of the original wall paintings have survived. They reveal four zones of painting: the topmost zone depicts scenes from the Passion and the Resurrection; the zone below showed another group of scenes, of which only the archangel of the Annunciation and fragments from the Life of the Virgin are preserved; the third zone has a procession of full-length, larger than life-size military saints; and the lowest zone (h. c. 1 m from floor level) is painted with imitation marble veneer. These wall paintings are reminiscent of those in the north aisle of Hagios Demetrios, and are executed in a free manner with warm colours; the shading of the faces is green, and the figures, especially those of the military saints, are strong and full of vitality. The church has four funerary chapels; the north-east chapel contains representations of an emperor, probably Manuel II Palaiologos (reigned 1391-1425), while the south-east chapel has portraits of two noblemen wearing conical hats that are among the most interesting paintings in Mystras. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/17/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone; terra cotta | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | cycles or series | en_US |
| dc.subject | religious | en_US |
| dc.subject | Byzantine | en_US |
| dc.title | Mystras: Hagioi Theodoroi | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Hagioi Theodoroi | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A3-B-G-M-3-E2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Greek (modern) Byzantine | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) fresco painting (technique) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | church | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (Greek (modern)) | en_US |
