Exhibition of Byzantine masterpieces opens in Tretyakovka

On February 8, the exhibition “Masterpieces of Byzantium” opens at the Tretyakov Gallery, where the Moscow public will be presented for the first time works of Byzantine and post-Byzantine art from museums and private collections of Greece.

The exhibition will be the third event of the cross year of Greece and Russia, held with the participation of the Tretyakov Gallery.
According to the press service of the museum, the exhibited works date from the end of the X - the beginning of the XVI century and give an idea of different periods of Byzantine art and different art centers.

Each of the works is a unique monument of its era. The exhibits provide an opportunity to present the history of Byzantine culture and trace the mutual influence of the traditions of Eastern and Western Christian art. The earliest monument in the exposition is a silver procession cross of the late X century with images of Christ, Our Lady and saints engraved on it, the museum website says.

Among other masterpieces are icons painted in the period of the XII-XV centuries, including the bilateral image “Our Lady Odigitria, with the Twelve Holidays”. Throne prepared" (XIV century), relief with the image of the Great Martyr George with scenes of life, objects of decorative and applied art of Byzantium, manuscripts, etc.

The exhibition "Masterpieces of Byzantium" will be located next to the halls of the permanent exhibition of ancient Russian art of the XI-XVII centuries, which will allow the viewer to trace the parallels and see the features of the works of Russian and Greek artists.
The exhibition will run for two months - until April 9, 2017.

Source: turizm.ru

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