Kissas Sotirios, Icons of a Kozani Menologion

Kissas Sotirios, 

«Icons of a Kozani Menologion», Balkan Studies 17.1, p. 93-113. 

Thessaloniki 1976

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Λέξεις κλειδιά: Κοζάνη, Μηνολόγιο, Ζωγραφική, Τέχνη, Εικόνα, Χριστόφορος Ζεφάροβιτς

Keywords: Kozani, Menologion, Art, Painting, Icon, Christophe Žefarovié,

Summary

In this study are presented four small double-faced icons from the collection in the Public Library of Kozani, which are decorated with thirty-two scenes from the Menologion. After a description of the icons, there follows a study of the subjects which are of particular iconographie interest. Then are given some observations on technique. On the basis of their Slavonic inscriptions and details of artistic method, the icons are ascribed to Christophe Žefarovié, one of the greatest artists in the Balkans in the first half of the 18th century. There follows a general review of Žefarovic’s artistic output, concerning the artist’s relations with the Metropolis of Sremski Karlovci and also with the Greeks of the Diaspora; finally his relations with the Greeks from Kozani who lived abroad are examined, the problem of his influence on the artists of northern Greece is posed, and the Balkan character of his work is emphasized. The Kozani icons, painted about 1730, constitute Žefarovic’s earliest work.