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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Mistrás, Peloponnese, Greeceen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1350-1400 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Greek (modern))en_US
dc.date1350-1400en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-22T21:18:49Z
dc.date.available2013-02-22T21:18:49Z
dc.date.issued1350-1400en_US
dc.identifier195705en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1516en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/103213
dc.descriptionView of the remains south of the church, detail; This domed cross-in-square church (second half of the 14th century) lies at the south end of the Lower Town with a view eastwards. Its construction is distinctive as it is partly built into the rock. The main entrance lies beside the northernmost of the three pentagonal apses and leads through a low, narrow corridor into the church, beneath the north arm of the cross. The wall paintings are usually dated to the reign of Manuel Kantakouzenos, and their close stylistic affinity with the illustrations in a copy of the theological works of John VI Kantakouzenos (1370-1375; Paris, Bib. N., gr. 1242) may indicate a more precise date in the 1370s. Above the sanctuary is the Ascension; the central apse has a Virgin and Child with liturgical scenes and figures of bishops and saints on the adjacent walls. The central dome shows the Pantokrator, who is surrounded by prophets, the Hetoimasia, the Virgin and angels. Scenes from the Dodekaeorton, the Passion and the Life of the Virgin occupy the upper zones of the nave. The zone below has full-length saints, while on the west wall is the founding couple offering a model of the church to the Virgin. The lowest part of the walls is decorated with a painted dado imitating marble revetment. The iconography of the wall paintings emphasizes the liturgy and the Life of the Virgin, which is represented in 25 scenes, making it one of the richest of its kind in monumental painting. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/17/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; terra cotta; frescoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectcycles or seriesen_US
dc.subjectMary, Blessed Virgin, Sainten_US
dc.subjectreligiousen_US
dc.subjectByzantineen_US
dc.titleMystras: Peribleptosen_US
dc.title.alternativePeribleptosen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-B-G-M-9-B2en_US
vra.culturalContextGreek (modern) Byzantineen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) fresco painting (technique)en_US
vra.worktypechurchen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Greek (modern))en_US


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