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PUBLISHED BY
THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY OF WORLD LITERATURE,
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH UNESCO
INC.
{\fT
UP
SCIENTIFIC
IN ITALY BY
AMILCARK
P1ZZI S.P.A.,
INC.
MILANO
he
for
title
of this
book
is
is
of
the
is,
for inspiration.
all
mosaic,
wall-painting;
perhaps
the
most
characteristic
that
is
to say,
it
is
that
is
at
times apparent.
The basic
spirituality
of
great
art.
Unfortunately, not
way
for
more
when
the area
its
completed.
The paintings
at
1
to 7). The paintings
They comprise a number
Old Testament and New Testament scenes, portraits
saints, a striking frieze of angels, a moving rendering
the Forty Martyrs, an impressive Ascension on the roof
the apse, and a great Dormition of the Virgin on the
west wall.
in the Dormition,
is
well
all
exemplified
this
Apostles
in
the
in
the
figures
of
in
1066;
Sophia
in
Abraham
at
Saint
4).
series
of
paintings,
together
with
the
beauty
of
the
Few Byzantine
displeased him.
and the
known
as
the
Detail:
10
1327-1335.
11
at
Prilep.
The
its
is
of approach.
impressive;
the
those
of Byzantine art as
with its rigid iconography, severely stressed
highlights,
angular modeling and linear conventions
in the faces, greatly elongated figures, and so forth,
whole,
the
facial
figures
expressions
are
those
of
are
nevertheless
individuals,
and
personal,
the
scenes
tell
the
by the
rendering.
though there
is
12
distinct
chronological
sequence.
we have
Ras, but
the
already show
of
the
Raska
many
of
school.
the
But
most characteristic
most progressive and
features
the
13
11
to 13).
new
and the
style
is
in the
about changes
12),
for instance,
iconography,
in
The scene of
still
follows a
suggestive of
the
late
antique,
as
we
see
it,
for
(Plate
13).
It
is
true
that
14
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-/
"J>-
Bogorodica Ljcviiku
at
Prizrcn, 1307-1309.
15
is
here
that
Serbian painting
to
is
be seen at
its
and that
at
Moraca.
ascetic, features
the backgrounds
The former
made
the
is
more obvious by
imitation of
more
are
The paintings
mosaics.
at
work
at
Moraca are
and mastery
Sopocani.
first
flowering of the
(1295),
in
at
school
Arilje
those
proper,
(1296),
at
(1321).
The name
with paintings
Lesnovo.
Many
same
style,
at
18
eleventh century.
The Church
of
the Ascension,
Mileieva,
1230-1237.
V)
20
confined, so that
style.
work
The
at
artist
sometimes closer
also often done
"peasant"
was
to
in
the
Some
of the figures
show
21
violent
the
lives
The
of
irascible
the
novices
and
so
that
date.
The Church
of Supocani,
1260.
23
South Slav
was
developed in
Happily, quite
large numbers of icons of the fourteenth century survive,
distinctive
icon painting as
it
was
style
as
fully
in wall-painting.
more
same church.
work of one
It is
tell
the
24
the
of these masters
school.
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CONTENTS
11(^4. The Lamentation. The Virgin and Saint John
lament aver the Bucly of Christ. Nicodemus kneels at
His feet
The
1164.
receiving Christ
Mileseva.
at
Detail:
Saint
Simeon
temple
Plate 10
1235.
c.
Presentation.
the
Plate
is
Plate
11
c. 1235.
The Resurrection. Detail: the angel at
empty tomb indicates to the three Marys that Christ
Mileseva.
the
has
Mileseva.
King
Plate 12
risen
c.
1235.
Plate 13
Vladislav
Sopocani.
c.
1260.
The
Sopocani.
c.
1260.
mourning Apostles
Sopocani.
c.
1260.
Plate 15
Detail:
mourning Apostle
Sopocani.
receive
c.
the
1260.
Plate 14
Plate 16
The
Nativity.
Detail:
the
shepherds
news
Plate 17
Prizren.
founder,
monastery
Prizren.
before.
Plate 18
Bogorodica
A scene from
Ljeviska.
the
life
Fourteenth
of Christ
century
or
Plate 19
Continued overleaf
CONTENTS
Church
Studcnica.
of
Milutin.
c.
Nativity of
1314.
the
Plate 20
Virgin (detail)
Church of Milutin.
Saint Anne
Studenica.
Virgin.
Church
Studenica.
Virgin.
c.
Nativity of
1314.
Plate 21
Detail:
of Milutin.
c.
1314.
Dormition of the
Saint Peter
Plate 22
1321.
6)
cave,
.
Plate 23
Detail: allegory of
Plate 24
1335.
c.
The Tree of
Jesse.
Detail:
destruction
Sodom
Plate 25
Kalenic. 1407-1413.
in
his
sea
Decani,
of
the
Detail:
The
feast
is
with water
Manasija.
c.
Manasija.
c.
Plate 26
1418.
1418.
Plate 27
Plate 28
CONTENTS
The color photography for the
illustrations in this
Page
Plate
Plate
Plate
Plate
Plate
Plate
Plate
Plate
ascent
to
Sophia,
Saint
Abraham.
Ochrid.
Detail:
Before
1056.
Abraham with
his
The
Sacrifice
of
donkey. (Genesis,
9-13)
xxii,
mass
Saint
Sophia,
Abraham.
Before
1056.
The Hospitality
the
angels
xviii,- 1-15)
Saint Sophia,
Ochrid.
Before 1056.
Unidentified
One
of
sis,
of
Ochrid.
Detail:
Saint.
1164.
The Deposition. The Virgin, Nicodemus
and Saint John take the Body of Christ from the cross;
Joseph of Arimathea kneels below
Nerezi.
B
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PAINTING:
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Londun,
1953
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Byzantine
1954.
YUGOSLAV ART:
Cvltkov, M., Raika, Parts
to m, Beograd, 1939. (Text in SerboCroat, English. French and German).
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Djiric, V.
K\s\\i\.
J.,
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1961.
1939.
OKUNEV, N.
1932.
Petkoxu',
L..
Monumenta
R.
Beograd.
and German).
and
ll,
1930.
S.
Ma js tori starog srpskog slikarstva (The Masters of
Early Serbian Painting), Beograd, 1955. (Text in Serbo-Croat brief summary in French).
RadojOic,
RadojCtC,
S.
&
Rice,
D.
Talbot,
Yugoslavia
Mediaeval Frescoes,
1955.
et
Style,
Vol. xv,
Paris,
3057 013
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