Browse through our Interesting Nodes about Agriculture in Greece Read the Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits (24 July 1923) Read the Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits (24 July 1923)
HR-Net - Hellenic Resources Network Compact version
Today's Suggestion
Read The "Macedonian Question" (by Maria Nystazopoulou-Pelekidou)
HomeAbout HR-NetNewsWeb SitesDocumentsOnline HelpUsage InformationContact us
Thursday, 28 March 2024
 
News
  Latest News (All)
     From Greece
     From Cyprus
     From Europe
     From Balkans
     From Turkey
     From USA
  Announcements
  World Press
  News Archives
Web Sites
  Hosted
  Mirrored
  Interesting Nodes
Documents
  Special Topics
  Treaties, Conventions
  Constitutions
  U.S. Agencies
  Cyprus Problem
  Other
Services
  Personal NewsPaper
  Greek Fonts
  Tools
  F.A.Q.
 

Boston, April 23: Conservation of Byzantine Icons

Public Events Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" <dist@hri.org>

Originally From: Harvard Hellenic Society <hhs@hcs.harvard.edu>

The Harvard Hellenic Society

cordially invites you to a presentation by

the Benaki Museum

on

THE CONSERVATION OF ICONS IN THE VELIMEZIS COLLECTION

Friday, April 23 5:30pm Harvard Hall 102 Harvard University

A reception will follow

Everyone is welcome

The Benaki Museum is distinguished as one of the foremost Greek organizations active in the effort to preserve and to protect the cultural heritage of Hellenism.

The Velimezis collection is named after Emilios Velimezis (1902-1946) and consists of 72 post-Byzantine icons, dating from the 15th to the 19th century and coming from various regions in Greece, mostly Crete, the Ionian Islands and Macedonia (incl. Mount Athos). The masterpiece of the collection is Domenicos Theotokopoulos's (known as El Greco) "Christ's Passion-Pieta".

The Benaki Museum's CD-ROM "The Conservation of Icons in the Velimezis Collection" contains information on the subject that has never before been presented. It has been in exhibitions in Athens, London and the USA and has won the title of the most successful CD-ROM in Greece for 1998. By giving a full picture of the works in the Velimezis collection and a unique description of their conservation and their scientific study, it offers valuable new evidence on ecclesiastical painting after the Fall of Constaninople in 1453.


Public Events Directory - Previous Article - Next Article
Back to Top
Copyright © 1995-2023 HR-Net (Hellenic Resources Network). An HRI Project.
All Rights Reserved.

HTML by the HR-Net Group / Hellenic Resources Institute, Inc.
misc2html v2.01 run on Tuesday, 20 April 1999 - 17:17:52 UTC