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An Old Post-Byzantine Albanian Work

Abstract

The great post-Byzantine icon, compound of two rectangular sceneries: First Ecumenical Synod (Council of Nicea) (y. 325) (above) and Alexander seeing the Holy Cross Image (y. 313) (below) was painted by Albanian postbyzantine painters, the brothers Constantine and Athanas Zografi from Kor�a city, on the year 1765. Its dimensions are: 183cm x 73cm x 4cm. Destination of icon was the iconostasis of the Lifegiving Source Church, Kor�a (1725), and it is protected and exhibited in the Museum of Medieval Art, Korca, Albania. The peculiarity of this graphically perfect luxury icon is the appearance of a very rare and authentic pattern, i.e. the combination of two complementary scenes in the same icon, which together reflect the promotion of the widespread acceptance of a new religion,

Keywords

icon pasbizantin, Kostandini I, First Ecumenical Synod, Atelier (School) of Kor�a, rufet, Kostandin & Athanas Zografi (Vako), Burimi Jet�dh�n�s (Life-Giving Source)

Authors

MSc Kristaq Balli

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