Mural Paintings of the Monastery Church of Ss. Apostles Peter and Paul in Vithkuqi
Abstract
Vithkuqi is one of the areas of Southeastern Albania, which experienced a rapid economic and social development during the second half of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. Vithkuqi was an important center of the Albanian-Macedonian-Thessal zone, known for their special history during the mentioned centuries, under the ottoman invasion. Because of this special development happening in Vithkuqi, many churches were built there in the 18th century. The most important religious buildings, during this period, were the monastery of SS. Apostles Peter and Paul. Parts of this monastery were the churches SS. Peter and Paul and the mortuary chapel of SS. Kosmas and Damian. Both religion buildings inside the monastery territory were decorated in the 18th century with mural paintings by the famous painters Constantine and Athanas Zografi. The religious themes of these paintings inside the church of SS. Peter and Paul, the iconographic and artistic features of these mural paintings made by the Zografi brothers, are the main themes that will be discussed in this work.
Keywords: Mural painting, Post-Byzantine, Vithkuqi, Orthodox Art.
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Chatzinikolaou 1995 – A. Chatzinikolaou, in: Reallexikon zur byzantinischen Kunst, Bd. 2, Heilige, Sp. 1034 – 1093.
Dionysios von Phourna 1983 - Malerhandbuch des Malermönchs Dionysios vom Berge Athos, nach der deutschen Übersetzung von Godehard Schäfer (Trier 1855), Slavisches Institut München, München 1983.
Garidis 1989 – M. Garidis, La peinture murale dans le monde orthodoxe aprés la chute de Byzance, 1450-1600, et dans les pays sous domination étrangére, Athénes 1989.
Kirchhainer 2003/04 – K. Kirchhainer, Das Ossuarium des Petrus- und Paulus-Klosters in Vithkuq (Südalbanien) und seine Freskendekoration (1750), in: Makedonika, 34(2003/04), pp. 149-208 .
Nandris 1970 – G. Nandris, Christian Humanism in the Neo-Byzantine Mural-Painting of Eastern Europe, Wiesbaden 1970.
Papakozma 1983 – A. Papakozma, Manastiri i Shën Pjetër e Pavlit në Vithkuq, datimi, urbanistika, arkitektura, mjeshtrit e ndërtimit, in: Monumentet 1 (25), Tiranë 1983, pp. 77-87.
Popa 1959 – Th. Popa, Piktorët korçarë Konstantin dhe Athanas Zografi dhe freskat e tyre me skenat e apokalipsit, in: Buletin i Universitetit Shtetëror të Tiranës (BUSHT) 1, Tiranë 1959, pp. 23 – 48.
Popa 1998 – Th. Popa, Mbishkrime të Kishave të Shqipërisë, Tiranë 1998.
Rousseva 2005/06 – R. Rousseva, Iconographic characteristics of the churches in Moschopolis and Vithkuqi (Albania), in: Makedonika, 35(2005-2006), pp 141-161.
Sachs, Badstübner, Neumann 2012 – H. Sachs, E. Badstübner, H. Neumann, Wörterbuch der christilichen Ikonographie, Regensburg 2012.
Schellewald 1991 – B.Schellewald, Die Ordnung einer Bilderwelt. Bilder und Bildprogramme in Byzanz, Ausstellungskatalog Kaiserin Thophanu. Begegnung des Ostens und des Westens um die Wende des ersten Jahrtausends, Bd. II, Köln 1991.
Schiller 1980 – G. Schiller, Ikonographie der christlichen Kunst IV, „Maria“. Gütersloch 1980.
Thomo 1998 – P. Thomo, Kishat Pasbizantine në Shqiperinë e Jugut, Tiranë 1998
Tradigo 2005 – A. Tradigo, Ikonen. Meisterwerke der Ostkirche, Berlin, 2005.
Tsigaras 2003 – G. C. Tsigaras, Piktorët Konstandin dhe Athanas nga Korça dhe veprat e tyre në Malin Athos, in: Aktet e Simpozium Ndërkombëtar „2000 vjet Art dhe Kulturë Kishtare në Shqipëri“, Nëntor 16-18, 2000, Tiranë 2003, pp. 277-290.
Vinjau Caca 2002 – T. Vinjau Caca, Some Data about the Activity of Kostandin and Athanas Zografi from Korca and the Characteristics of their Art in the 18th Century, in: E. Drakopoulou, Topics in Post-Byzantine Painting in Memory of Manolis Chatzidakis. Conference Proceedings 28-29 May 1999, Athen 2002, pp. 203-216.
Copyright (c) 2018 Author(s)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
© 2012-2023 ANGLISTICUM. Journal of the Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies,Tetovo, North Macedonia.
ISSN (print): 1857-8179. ISSN (online): 1857-8187.
Disclaimer: Articles on Anglisticum have been reviewed and authenticated by the Authors before sending for the publication.
The Journal, Editors and the editorial board are not entitled or liable to either justify or responsible for inaccurate and misleading data if any.
It is the sole responsibility of the Author concerned.