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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture thank you, Matej. how fortunate you are to be living so close (i assume) to such a wondrous work of art --i wish i could come for a visit. i have loved the the Nerezi frescoes ever since i first saw them (in low-tech art books), over 40 years ago. to me, their style is quite sublime. in particular, the portraits by the "Nerezi Master" are simply without equal in all of medieval art (east or west) in their power and expressiveness: http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066533_city-nonresonant0131.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066538_city-nonresonant0132.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066534_city-nonresonant0127.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066574_city-nonresonant0128.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066610_city-nonresonant0139.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066581_city-nonresonant0140.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066585_city-nonresonant0147.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066550_city-nonresonant0148.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066202_city-nonresonant0022.jpg even when they only consist of just a very few lines http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066199_city-nonresonant0013.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066239_city-nonresonant0015.jpg just *look* at how Magnificent they are http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066168_city-nonresonant0024.jpg ...even in their present somewhat degraded state. someone should do a "digital restoration" of them to attempt to return them to their original pristine brightness and clarity. of course, it would be difficult to duplicate, digitally, the true effect which they they must have had on their original viewers, when they were fresh and new, seen in the dim and flickering light of candles and oil lamps, softened by the hazy smoke from incense, in concert with the aural stimulus of the chanted ritual offices --it must have been a positively Synesthesiacal experience http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia we must never forget that we are, essentially, looking at a Ruin. (despite my original inquiry, which started this [ill named, sorry] string, i find Iconography alone to be really, really BORING compared to the aesthetic experience of just *looking* at things like this.] c From: Matej Župančič <[log in to unmask]> > DEAR ALL, NEREZI IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (FOR SOME "FORMER > REPUBLIC MACEDONIA OF EX YUGOSLAVIA"). "GORNO" MEANS "UPPER" AND SHOULD > BE SLAVIC.... MATEJ > > CHURCH OF ST. PANTELEIMON (NEREZI) > > From Wikipedia, > the free encyclopedia > > [7] > > [8] Church of St. Panteleimon. > > [9] > > > [10] Pietà [11] in frescoes in St. Panteleimon. > > The CHURCH OF > ST. PANTELEIMON in Gorno Nerezi [12], Republic of Macedonia [13], is a > small 12th century Byzantine church located in a monastery complex. The > church and monastery are dedicated to St. Panteleimon [14], the patron > saint of physicians. > > The church was constructed in 1164 as a > foundation of Alexius Angelus Comnenus, a son of Constantine Angelos and > Theodora Komnene, a daughter of Byzantine EmperorAlexios I Komnenos > [15]. > > The church has a domed cruciform core, three apses [16] and a > ... > > On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:20:08 -0500, Christopher Crockett wrote: > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > > > From: John Dillon > > > >> On 11/21/11, Christopher Crockett > wrote: > > > >>> what the hell does "City nonresonant" mean? > > it's Greek, > to me. > > 00%">More likely Slavic of some sort, given other indicia on > this website > > > > (www.orthodoxy-icons.com/ [2]). 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