Stefan Arteni

The East-Central
European
Cultural Model
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SolInvictus Press 2010

Orpheus, Roman mosaic, 2nd century, Perugia, Italy

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 Stefan Arteni

The East-Central European

Cultural Model
(a revised and illustrated version
of the essay published in
www.asymetria.org , 2010)
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 Agioi Anargyroi church, Nomitsis, Mani, Greece

Frescos in an abandoned mountain church, Corfu

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Stefan Arteni
Excursus V. The Byzantine Visual Semiosphere.

Mosaic and detail, Santa Prassede basilica, Rome, Italy, 9th century

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Fresco and detail, San Clemente basilica, Rome, Italy, 9th century

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Detail of the fresco above, San Clemente basilica, Rome, Italy, 9th century

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 Byzantine mosaic fragments, Albania

St Barbara rock cut church, 8th-9th centuries(?), Göreme, Turkey

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Rock cut Karanlik or Dark Church, Göreme, Turkey, 11th century

Rock cut Karanlik or Dark Church, Göreme, Turkey, 11th century

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 Agios Ioannis o Theologos monastery, Patmos,
12th century and 15th century frescos

A fresco in a 12th century church in a small village in the Mani, Greece

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St Neophytos church, Cyprus, 12th century

St Neophytos church, Cyprus, 12th century

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Kurbinovo monastery, Macedonia, end 12th century

Kurbinovo monastery, Macedonia, end 12th century

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St Nicholas Kasnitzis church, Kastoria, Greece, 12th century

St Nicholas Kasnitzis church, Kastoria, Greece, 12th century

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Panagia Phorbiotissa church, Asinou, Cyprus, 12th-17th centuries

Panagia Phorbiotissa church, Asinou, Cyprus, 12th-17th centuries

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Panagia Phorbiotissa church, Asinou, Cyprus, 12th-17th centuries

Panagia Phorbiotissa church, Asinou, Cyprus, 12th-17th centuries

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Panagia Koumbelidiki church, Kastoria, Greece, 13th century

Panagia Koumbelidiki church, Kastoria, Greece, 13th century

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Hagia Sophia church, Trapezunt (Trabzon), Turkey, 13th century

Hagia Sophia church, Trapezunt (Trabzon), Turkey, 13th century

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Sumela monastery, Turkey, frescos from the 14th and 18th centuries

Sumela monastery, Turkey, frescos from the 14th and 18th centuries

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St Sophia church, Ohrid, Macedonia, 11th-13th centuries

St Sophia church, Ohrid, Macedonia, 11th-13th centuries

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Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

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Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

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Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

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Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

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Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

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Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

Dečani monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

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Panagia tou Araka church, Cyprus, 14th century

Panagia tou Araka church, Cyprus, 14th century

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John the Frozen zographer, Anidri, Greece, 14th century

John the Frozen zographer, Anidri, Greece, 14th century

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St Nicholas princely court church, Curtea de Argeş, Romania, 14th century

St Nicholas princely court church, Curtea de Argeş, Romania, 14th century

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 Chora monastery, Istanbul, 14th century

Gračanica monastery, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th -16th centuries

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Daniil Chyorny zographer, Dormition (Assumption) cathedral, Vladimir, Russia,
1408

Daniil Chyorny zographer, Dormition (Assumption) cathedral, Vladimir, Russia,

1408

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Daniil Chyorny zographer, Dormition (Assumption) cathedral, Vladimir, Russia,
1408

Rostov, Russia, 15th century

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Dormition (Assumption) cathedral, Moscow, Kremlin, 15th century

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Greece, 1500

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Northern Greece, 1500

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 Angelos zographer, Greece, 15th century

Andreas Ritzos zographer, Greece, 15th century

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Great Meteoron monastery, Greece, 15th-16th centuries

Great Meteoron monastery, Greece, 15th-16th centuries

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Theophanes the Cretan (Strelitzas or Bathas) zographer,
Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos, 1546

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Theophanes the Cretan (Strelitzas or Bathas) zographer,
Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos, 1546

Theophanes the Cretan (Strelitzas or Bathas) zographer,

Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos, 1546

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Theophanes the Cretan (Strelitzas or Bathas) zographer,
Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos, 1546

Theophanes the Cretan (Strelitzas or Bathas) zographer,

Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos, 1546

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Stamatello Cotronas zographer from Zante, Râşca monastery, St Nicholas
church, Romania, 16th century

Stamatello Cotronas zographer from Zante, Râşca monastery, St Nicholas

church, Romania, 16th century

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Stamatello Cotronas zographer from Zante, Râşca monastery, St Nicholas
church, Romania, 16th century

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Stamatello Cotronas zographer from Zante, Râşca monastery, St Nicholas
church, Romania, 16th century

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Stamatello Cotronas zographer from Zante, Râşca monastery, St Nicholas
church, Romania, 16th century

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Stamatello Cotronas zographer from Zante, Râşca monastery, St Nicholas
church, Romania, 16th century

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Stamatello Cotronas zographer from Zante, Râşca monastery, St Nicholas
church, Romania, 16th century

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Greece, 16th century Russia, 16th century

Northern Greece, 1600

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Icon and detail, Ionian islands, 17th century

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Balkans, 17th century

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Details of the Icon above, Balkans, 17th century

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 Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece,17th century
(the Apocalypse frescos are based on Hans Holbein the Younger’s
1531 drawings for the Zwingli Bible)

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 Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece,17th century
(the Apocalypse frescos are based on Hans Holbein the Younger’s
1531 drawings for the Zwingli Bible)

Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece,17th century

(the Apocalypse frescos are based on Hans Holbein the Younger’s
1531 drawings for the Zwingli Bible)

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Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece, 17th century

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Icon and detail, Crete (signed Χείρ Βίκτωρος 160[4] Hand of Victor)

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Dmitry Plekhanov and Fyodor Ignatyev zographers, 1694-1695,
St John the Baptist church, Yaroslavl, Russia

Dmitry Plekhanov and Fyodor Ignatyev zographers, 1694-1695,

St John the Baptist church, Yaroslavl, Russia

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Dmitry Plekhanov and Fyodor Ignatyev zographers, 1694-1695,
St John the Baptist church, Yaroslavl, Russia

Dmitry Plekhanov and Fyodor Ignatyev zographers, 1694-1695,

St John the Baptist church, Yaroslavl, Russia

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 Stroe from Targoviste zographer, Arnota monastery, Romania, 17th century
(pronaos retouched in the early 18th century by Ioanichie sin Preda zographer)

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 Stroe from Târgovişte zographer, Arnota monastery, Romania, 17th century
(pronaos retouched in the early 18th century by Ioanichie sin Preda zographer)

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Greece, 17th century

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Greece, 17th century

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Russia, 17th century

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Balkans, 1700

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Macedonia, 1700

Greece, 1700

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Greece, 1700

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Macedonia, 1700

Greece, 1700

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Macedonia, 18th century

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Bulgaria, 18th century

Bulgaria, 18th century

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Northern Greece, 18th century

Balkans, 18th century

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 Balkans, 18th century

Greek islands, 18th century

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Greece, 18th century

Bulgaria, 18th century

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Greece, 1800

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Macedonia, 1800

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Balkans, 1800

Balkans, 1800

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Greece, 1800

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Konstantinos (Ioannis?) Pagonis from Hionaditi zographer, fresco and detail,
Aghia Marina church, Kissos, Pelion, Greece,1802

Konstantinos (Ioannis?) Pagonis from Hionaditi zographer, detail of the fresco

above, Aghia Marina church, Kissos, Pelion, Greece,1802

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Konstantinos (Ioannis?) Pagonis from Hionaditi zographer, detail of the fresco
above, Aghia Marina church, Kissos, Pelion, Greece,1802

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 Ethiopia, 18th-19th centuries

The Passion of Christ, Chuch of Bet Mercurios, Lalibela, Ethiopia,

17th -19th centuries

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Ethiopia, 18th-19th centuries

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Greek islands, 1800

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Greece, 1820

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Greece, 19th century

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