Stefan Arteni

The East-Central
European
Cultural Model
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SolInvictus Press 2009

Orpheus, Roman mosaic and detail, Arles, France

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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 , 2009)
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Fresco, Macedonia, 12th century

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Stefan Arteni
Excursus III. Symmetry and Rosettes.

One of the floor mosaics in the Terme Femminili in Herculaneum, 1st century

Roman mosaic, Tunisia, 2nd century

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 Roman mosaic, Cyprus

Roman mosaic, Fishbourne, England

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Roman mosaic, Leptis Magna, Libya

Roman mosaic, Libya

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Roman mosaic and detail, Spain

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Mosaic and detail, Beiteddine, Lebanon, 5th century

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Mosaic, Beiteddine, Lebanon, 5th century

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Ceiling in Abuna Yamata Guh cave church, Tigray, Ethiopia

Baptistry of Neon, Ravenna, Italy, 5th century

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Galla Placidia mausoleum, Ravenna, Italy, 5th century

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 San Vitale church, Ravenna, Italy, 6th century

Santa Prassede basilica, Rome, Italy, 9th century

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

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

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Karanlik Kilise (Dark Church), Göreme, Turkey, 11th century

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Karanlik Kilise (Dark Church), Göreme, Turkey, 11th century

Karanlik Kilise (Dark Church), Göreme, Turkey, 11th century

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Elmali or Apple church, Göreme, Turkey, 11th century

Elmali or Apple church, Göreme, Turkey, 11th century

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Tokali Kilise (Buckle church), Göreme, Turkey, 10th -11th centuries

Agacalti church, Ihlara valley, Turkey, 11th century

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The church in Holwierde, Groningen, Holland, 11th century

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The church in Leermens, Groningen, Holland, 11th century

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Hosios Loukas monastery, Greece, 11th century

Hosios Loukas monastery, Greece, 11th century

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 Basilica of St Sernin, Toulouse, France, 11th-12th centuries

Church of the Holy Apostles, Peć, Serbia (Kosovo), 13th century

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Cefalù Cathedral, Italy, 12th century

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Mosaic and detail, Martorana (Church of S Maria del Ammiraglio), Palermo,
Italy, 12th century

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Saint Denis basilica, France, 12th century

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Saint Denis basilica, France, 13th century

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Chartres cathedral, France, 13th century

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Chartres cathedral, France, 13th century

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

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Hohnekirche, Soest, Westfalen, Germany, 13th century

Hohnekirche, Soest, Westfalen, Germany, 13th century

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Hohnekirche, Soest, Westfalen, Germany, 13th century (?)

Hohnekirche, Soest, Westfalen, Germany, 13th century (?)

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Spinello Aretino, basilica San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy, 14th century

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Matteo Giovanetti, Pope’s Palace, Martial Chapel, Avignon, France, 1344 -1346

S Maria Pammakaristos, Istanbul, Turkey, 14th century

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Fresco and detail, Panagia tou Asinou (Panagia Phorbiotissa) church, Cyprus

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Detail of the fresco above, Panagia tou Asinou (Panagia Phorbiotissa) church,
Cyprus

Panagia tou Asinou (Panagia Phorbiotissa) church, Cyprus

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Tempietto Longobardo, Cividale del Friuli, Italy, 14th century (?)

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 San Bassiano a Lodi Vecchio, Italy, 14th century

St George (Sogn Gieri) church, Rhäzüns, Graubünden, Switzerland, 14th century

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Andrea di Bonaiuto, Cappellone degli Spagnoli,
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, c 1355

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Details of the fresco above, Andrea di Bonaiuto, Cappellone degli Spagnoli,
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, c 1355

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Chora monastery, Istanbul, 14th century

Chora monastery, Istanbul, 14th century

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Chora monastery, Istanbul, 14th century

Chora monastery, Istanbul, 14th century

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Fresco and detail, 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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Gračanica monastery, Dormition church, Serbia (Kosovo),14th century

Gračanica monastery, Dormition church, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

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Gračanica monastery, Dormition church, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

Gračanica monastery, Dormition church, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

Gračanica monastery, Dormition church, Serbia (Kosovo), 14th century

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Jacobuskerk, Zeerijp, Holland, 14th century

Jacobuskerk, Zeerijp, Holland, 14th century

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Mariakapel, Loppersum, Groningen, Holland, 15th century (?)

Mariakapel, Loppersum, Groningen, Holland, 15th century (?)

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Benozzo Gozzoli, Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino church, San Gimignano, Italy,
15th century

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Benozzo Gozzoli, detached fresco, 15th century

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Fresco and detail, Fra Angelico, Cappella Niccolina, Vatican, 15th century

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Filippino Lippi, Santa Maria sopra Minerva church, Capella Caraffa, Rome, Italy,
15th century

Melozzo da Forli, Santa Casa basilica, Loreto, Italy, 15th century

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Master of the Magi, Santi Maria e Siro church, Sale, Italy, 15th century

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Master of the Magi, Santi Maria e Siro church, Sale, Italy, 15th century

Master of the Magi, Santi Maria e Siro church, Sale, Italy, 15th century

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Gavriil Ieromonahul zographer, St Nicholas church, Bãlineşti, Romania,
15th century

Bistriţa monastery, Bolniţa, Romania, 1513 ( ?)

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Fresco and detail, Pinturicchio, Santa Maria del Popolo church, Rome, Italy,
1508-1509

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Voroneţ monastery, St George church, Romania, 15th -16th centuries

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Raffaello Sanzio, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican, 1508-1511

Raffaello Sanzio, Loggia, Vatican, 1518-1519

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Toma from Suceava zographer and his team, Dormition church, Humor
monastery, Romania, 16th century

Moldoviţa monastery, Annunciation church, Romania, 16th century

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 Fresco and detail, Sofronie and Ion zographers, Suceviţa monastery,
Resurrection church, Romania, 16th century

Sofronie and Ion zographers, Suceviţa monastery, Resurrection church,

Romania, 16th century

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Dunfermline Abbey, 16th century (?)

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St Euthymius monastery, Transfiguration church, Suzdal, Russia,
17th century

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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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Mihnea zographer and his team (Mihnea was also a diplomatic agent for Michael
the Brave), Căluiu monastery, Oboga, Romania, end 16th century,
repainted in 1834 by Barbu Coşoveanu zographer

Mihnea zographer and his team, Căluiu monastery, Oboga, Romania,

end 16th century, repainted in 1834 by Barbu Coşoveanu zographer

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Treviso, ceiling fresco

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Fresco and detail, Annunciation church, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania,
18th century

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 Old St Elephterios church, Bucharest, Romania, 18th century

Stavropoleos (Holy Archangels Gabriel and Michael) church, Bucharest,

Romania, 18th century

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