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[Konstantin]

Masterpieces of iconography XIII-XIX centuries. from museums and private collections in Bulgaria

Thank you gans
The information about the exhibition, and would have missed.

September 2
the State Historical Museum
(Red Square 1)
will host an exhibition "Masterpieces of iconography XIII-XIX centuries. from museums and private collections in Bulgaria ".

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The exhibition presents the art of icon painting in Bulgaria - one of the main centers of Christian culture in Europe. The richness and variety of icons illustrate the maturity of the Bulgarian iconography of creativity, the multiplicity of trends and searches in different periods of history.

Works selected from the collections of the National History and Church History and Archeology Museum and National Art Gallery, the Regional Historical Museum of Varna and the private collection Svetlina Ruseva.

On display are about 60 icons of XIV-XIX centuries and the shroud of the XV century monastery Bachkovski - priceless monuments of religious art in Bulgaria. Many of the icons exhibited for the first time.

Selection of a product of various aspects of church painting and makes it possible to obtain a holistic view about the art of the Middle Ages and the Ottoman domination in Bulgaria. Particular emphasis of the exhibition - the icons of XIV century. Some of them are products of Constantinople schools and reflect the relationship with Byzantium, and others reveal the specifics of local art studios. Icons period XVI - XVIII centuries are two main directions in the iconography - the first associated with the painting in the grand tradition of icon painting school in Crete and Mount Athos, the second - with the various regional trends and manifestations of specific features of cultural identity. The exhibition includes two original works of XIX century - the so-called Jerusalem, related to Bulgarians pilgrimage to holy places.

The exhibition also presents unique in its performance shroud Bachkovski of the XV century monastery, entirely unknown to specialists outside of Bulgaria and all times shown to the public in the National History Museum.

The exhibition will run until 2 November 2009.
Media preview of the exhibition will be held September 2 at 14.00
Opening of the exhibition - in 16.00

The place chosen for the exhibition On-ho!
Four times on the way there I checked the list with the presentation of a passport. But it can not because of the museum, but generally blocked "Krassnaya area.

Presser

- In the center of Dr. Ralitsa Ruseva
- Enough cameras and the press
- Again Doctor - liked the looks! vote! That's how I represented doctors - senior scientific staff.
- Again Doctor - drove us to the tour - very interesting

"Great and unique - icons 50-60

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56. "Shroud - An Epitaph"
The second half of XV century, originally from the Banking monastery. Linen, silk, embroidered with silver and silk. 163 x 117 cm NTSIAM number 6415
Caption: MNHE0ITI KYPIE TAZ ¥ YXA £ TON KEKYMYMENOY AOYAOY TOY MA0EOY KAI ANHE (Remember, O Lord, the souls of the deceased his slaves Matthew and Ana).

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In the Missal of Banking of the monastery in 1428 the name Matthew is inscribed to mention how the deceased, along with his wife Mary and their children, one of the daughters named Anna. This information allows otnesni shroud to the XV century.
The iconography is traditional for the epitaph. Images of a scene called "Tombstone crying"
(About EGPTAFYUE 0PHNOI), its symbolic ¬ faces linked to the liturgical texts ¬ mi, and its function - with devotions during Holy Week on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. In the richly decorated shroud represented body of Christ (IS XZ) on his deathbed, flanked by two angels in Be ¬ lyh robes and processional fans in their hands over him. On the bed there is a dedicatory inscription. In the four corners - the symbols of the evangelists: an angel - Matthew (MO), the lion - Mark (MK), a bull - Luke (LK), the eagle - John (W). This composition NE ¬ lyaetsya traditional for the shroud and corporal. Shroud circled frame ¬ Coy, filled with vegetable Orna ¬ cops, and on the background of embroidered crosses inscribed in a circle.
Embroidery extremely graceful, the body of Christ, despite the styling and graphic contours, to model volume. Person depicted in detail. beautifully iridescent shades of beige and brown Otenko; ¬ Tide close of each private eye, eyelids and eyebrows to emphasize ™, which gives the expression image. Nimbus in all places are embroidered in different ways, with varied terrain, with a predominance of blue and silver, angel hair - with carefully embroidered mi curls. With regard to color the exception of the eagle - the symbol of John the Evangelist, embroidered in various nuances of green.
With the restoration of the shroud after separation of its original lining the back of her hand were found sewn pages from three different Greek manuscripts, which were used in the qual ¬ TVE foundation for embroidery. This secondary use of manuscripts - a unique phenomenon in the Balkans. Dr. Prior ¬ rotey Geti identifies pages from three different manuscripts that represent fragments of works from the ascetic, the content of didactic and dated by the second half of XIV century. And troparia fragments that are executed during the liturgy, from the early XV century. This is a defining dating and dating of the Shroud, which in its stylistic characteristics would include the second half of XIV century.
Exceptionally high level of performance shroud conform to the tradition of masters of Constantinople XIII-XIV centuries, and puts it in some of the most outstanding monuments of ecclesiastical embroidery in Bulgaria, along with the Ohrid shroud Emperor Andronicus Paleologos.

Shroud for the first time out of the country and it is to us in Moscow and further plans to show her where either no.

[gans]

Konstantin, a special thank you to the shroud.

[Konstantin]

Lighting - for shooting is very bad, but still lay out some live photos for the understanding level. If something of interest - will reply, there is a description of all the icons.

- General view
- St Nicholas - 1607
- Christ Pantocrator 15 Century
- Christ in the tomb - 18 Century
- Fragment
- Christ Pantocrator - 13 Century
- John the Baptist -17 age
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