Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-08-27
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[01] Medevial Art of Serbia exhibition at Byzantine Museum
[01] Medevial Art of Serbia exhibition at Byzantine Museum
ANA-MPA/A show containing 11th to 14th century painting and objects from
Serbia - some leaving their country for the first time - hosted at the
Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens will conclude on September 15
after two tours are offered for the public on September 1 and 15.
The exhibit is jointly organised by the Greek museum and the National
Museum of Belgrade, currently undergoing a redesign of its exhibitions.
"The objects are important because they showcase the beginnings of the
Serbian state and of the archbishopric of Serbia...proving the very
close relations Serbia had with Byzantium and the West. It is therefore
extremely interesting that the Greek public will be able to see these
objects," Byzantine Museum director Anastasia Lazaridou said.
The exhibit consists of four sections, in four corresponding rooms,
starting chronologically with the Nemanja Dynasty (1166-1371), who
patronised the arts. Dynasty founder Stefan Nemanja established the
state of Serbia before becoming a monk on Mt Athos, where he built the
Hilandar Monastery.
The show includes objects associated with the Serbian rulers, models
of two important Serb monasteries and icons, one of which was made in
a workshop of Thessaloniki, and high-grade copies of frescoes.
Visitors with museum entrance tickets can join either of two Sunday
tours of the small but important exhibit, on September 1 by Dr. Irini
Theocharopoulou and on September 15 by Sofia Gerogiorgi. Both begin
at 12:00 and reservations are necessary at the Museum telephone line,
213 213 9572 (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.).
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