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Spyros Papaloukas - Ho Metropolitikos naos tes Evangelistrias sten Amphissa: Hagiographies schedia anthibola 1927-1931
2016215787<p><em><strong>Spyros Papaloukas - The Cathedral of Annunciation at Amphissa: Hagiographies Drawings Anthibola 1927-1931</strong></em></p><p>Athens: MIET 2017. In Greek. Soft cover 28x24 cm 208 pp. rich ill. ISBN: 978-960-250-667-7.</p><p>During the Interware period the question of renewal of the Byzantine painting was answered by the great Kontoglous who was faithful to the tradition and by Papaloukas who was the new blood. The Church of Greece took the part of Kontoglous and Papaloukas' work was not recognized in his days. But Papalouka's oeuvre places him among the leading artists of the past century; his work stands out for the perfection of composition and chromatic harmony.</p><p>This book presents the iconographic work designed and performed by Spyros Papaloukas 1892-1957 at the Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation at Amphissa Phocis. In 1927 Papaloukas won the Competition for the hagiography of the temple and for the next six years he worked in Amphissa composing "unique hagiographic work" as N. Fousekis writes in the introductory text. Papaloukas moved away "from the classical Byzantine forms" but without extremities. With the evolution of his work and the innovations that emerged from the outset not everyone agreed. Although the artist worked until 1931 the project remained incomplete due to the intervention of the local Bishop who considered that "the work had been diverted from the specifications of the Byzantine tradition".</p><p>However it is a particularly important example of ecclesiastical art in which the renewal of hagiography was attempted with originality but with respect to the Eastern Orthodox doctrines.</p><p>The method of the anthibola used by Papaloukas for the hagiography of the temple dates back to the 15th century and was widespread in Crete.</p> MIET paperback
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