Langbeschreibung
A tumultuous period in history, the late Byzantine era bore witness to bloody power struggles that dramatically changed the geographical, political and social landscape of a region and its people.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents: Preface, Professor Angelos Delivorrias, Director of the Benaki Museum; Acknowledgements; Introduction, Maria Vassilaki; Lenders to the Exhibition; Contributors to the Catalogue; Part 1: Artistic and Historical Context; Before the fall: Political and economic conditions in Constantinople in the fifteenth century, Angeliki Laiou; Crete in fifteenth century on the basis of archival documents, Chryssa Maltezou; Candia between Venice, Byzantium and the Levant: The rise of a major emporium to the mid-fifteenth century, David Jacoby; The Icon in Constantinople around 1400, Robin Cormack; From Constantinople to Candia: Icon painting around 1400, Maria Vassilaki; Catalogue (entries 1 to 14); Part II: The Painting of Angelos; The Testament of Angelos Akotantos, Maria Kazanaki-Lappa; The Art of Angelos, Maria Vassilaki; The legacy of Angelos, Nano Chatzidaki; Catalogue (entries 15 to 56); Bibliography; Index; Photographic credits