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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΜΙΧΑΗΛ ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΟΣ (1530/35-1592/93). ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗΣ ΤΟΥ

Abstract

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THE SUBJECT OF THIS DISSERTATION (PP. I-VIII+1-626 AND 278 PLS.) IS THE POST-BYZANTINE PAINTER MICHAEL DAMASKINOS (1530/35- 1592/93), WHO LIVED IN CRETE AND ITALY AND PRODUCED AN IMPORTANT AND MANY-SIDED ARTISTIC OEUVRE. THE MAIN BODY OFTHE THESIS CONSISTS OF THE PREFACE, THE INTRODUCTION, FOUR CHAPTERS AND THE EPILOGUE. THE THESIS IS COMPLETED BY AN APPENDIX OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS, TWO GLOSSARIES (OF THE GREEK AND VENETIAN DOCUMENTS), A LIST OF ARCHIVAL SOURCES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX OF SUBJECTS OF DAMASKINOS'S PAINTINGS, CATALOGUE OF PLATES AND FIGURES (MENTIONING ALSO THE SOURCES OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS) AND THE PLATES . THE INTRODUCTION SURVEYS THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS IN VENETIAN CRETE, AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC CENTRE OF THE PERIOD, AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONS OF WORK OF THE CRETAN PAINTERS IN THE CAPITAL CANDIA (NOW HERAKLEION). THE FIRST CHAPTER FOCUSES ON DAMASKINO'S BIOGRAPHY ON THE BASIS OF SOME KNOWN INFORMATION AND THE NEW DOCUMENTS DISCOVERED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE STATE ARCHIVES OF VENICE. AMONG THE MOST INTERESTING OF THESE NEW DOCUMENTS, REGARDING THE PAINTER'S ACTIVITY IN CRETE, ARE THOSE ON HIS WORKSHOP AND THE IMPLEMENTS AND MATERIALS OF HIS PROFESSION, THE COMMISSIONS OF LARGE ALTARPIECES (PALE D'ALTARE) FOR PROMINENT CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN CANDIA, THE DEMAND AND DISSEMINATION OF HIS DRAWINGS. (SHORTENED)

Degree

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1989

Author and committee

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  • Κωνσταντουδάκη-Κιτρομηλίδου, Μαρία

Subjects

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gre

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1071
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oai:10442/1071

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Κωνσταντουδάκη-Κιτρομηλίδου, Μαρία. ΜΙΧΑΗΛ ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΟΣ (1530/35-1592/93). ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗΣ ΤΟΥ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1071