Icons From the Orthodox Communities of Albania: Collection of the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce

212 Pages·2006·0.26 MB·English

by  Anastasia Tourta (ed.)

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ICONS FROM THE ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES OF ALBANIA
The Museum of Byzantine Culture
has been awarded the
Council of Europe Museum Prize
for the year 2005
COUNCIL CONSEIL
OF EUROPE DE L'EUROPE
The publication of the catalogue was supported by the loannis Ph. Kostopoulos Foundation
Cover photograph: Cat. no. 53
Translation: Dr. David Hardy
Text editing: Dora Komini
Photographs of icons:
MakiS Skiadaresis: 1-2. 4-9. 13, 16-20. 22-28, 30-37, 39, 41, 44-49, 53-58. 60-71
GeorgiOS Fafalis: 3. 10-12, 14-15, 21, 29. 38, 40, 42-43, 50-52. 59. 72
Photographs of places and monuments: Anastasia Tourta, Nikolaos Vranikas,
Photographic Archive of the 10th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities (phot. p. 168)
Map designed by: Athanasia Liberi, Stephanos Serdaris
Art editing: Rachel Misdrachi-Kapon
Artistic advisor: Moses Kapon
The re-publication or reproduction in whole or in part, and the free translation or adaptation of
the contents of the book by any method, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, sound-recording
or other is forbidden without previous written permission from the publisher, in accordance with
law 2121/993 and the provisions of International Law in force in Greece.
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ICONS FROM THE
ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES
OF ALBANIA
COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF MEDIEVAL ART, KORCË
EDITOR: Dr. ANASTASIA TOURTA
INTRODUCTION: PANAYOTIS L. VOCOTOPOULOS
AUTHOR OF THE CATALOGUE: EUGENIA DRAKOPOULOU
Thessaloniki
14 March -12 June 2006
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR BYZANTINE
AND POSTΝΕ ΙΤΝ-MΑΖΥΒ ONUMENTS
PROGRAMME OF CONSERVATION AND DISPLAY OF ICONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEDIEVAL ART
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PROGRAMME
Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki
European Centre tor Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments, Thessaloniki
National Museum of Medieval Art, Korcë
GENERAL COORDINATION
Dr. Anastasia Tourta
Director of the Museum of Byzantine Culture
ACADEMIC MONITORING COMMITTEE OF THE PROGRAMME
Nikos Zias
Professor of the Athens University
President of the Board of Directors, European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments
Eftychia Kourkoutidou-Nikolaidou
Former Director of the Museum of Byzantine Culture
Director of the European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments
Dr. Anastasia Tourta
Director of the Museum of Byzantine Culture
Lorenc Glozheni
Director of the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korcë
CONSERVATION OF ICONS Gloreta Kaçaku, Romeo Kallço TRANSPORTATION OF ICONS
Dimitra Lazidou, Head organiser of Sotiraq Kuqali, Kristofor Naslazi, Genti Stamatios Chondroyiannis,
Conservation Proko, Eduard Rehova, Koço Ristani Archaeologist, Head organiser of
Dimitra Drosaki, Vaios Ganitis, Electra Transportation
Karayiannidou, Pavlos Beinas, Photini Di mitra Lazidou, Conservator
Belisi, Athina Dousi, Anastasia Siakka, PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONSERVATION Dimitra Drosaki, Conservator
Aikaterini Talarou, loanna Tzinikou, Stamatis Zoubourtikoudis Vaios Ganitis, Conservator
Amalia Papadopoulou, Tatiana Caca, Eleftheria Papadopoulou
ORGANISATION OF EXHIBITION
GENERAL COORDINATION
Dr. Anastasia Tourta
Director of the Museum of Byzantine Culture
MUSEOLOGICAL STUDY
Anastasia Tourta, Archaeologist, Georgia Skordali, Architect
VISUAL MEDIA - DIGITAL APPLICATIONS LIGHTING STUDY SECRETARIAL SUPPORT
RESEARCH GROUP loannis lliadis, Dr., Electrical Engineer Elisabeth Nikolaidou
Anastasia Tourta, Archaeologist
Eugenia Drakopoulou, Archaeologist LIGHTING INSTALLATION STRUCTURES - PRINTS
Stamatios Chondroyiannis, Archaeologist loannis lliadis, Dr., Electrical Engineer Octanorm Hellas, Suspension roof
Athanasia Liberi, Plastic Arts Artist Anastasios Sgouromallis, Electrician system
Di mitra Lazidou, Conservator Georgios Galanakis, Electrician Christos Tsevgoulis, Metal structures
Dimitra Drosaki, Conservator
Dimitrios Sawopoulos, Electrician Whale Graphics, Prints
Anastasios Bellas, Multi-media Designer
Graficom, Captions
Stephanos Serdaris, Foreman
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Stephanos Serdaris, Foreman ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
VISUAL MEDIA DESIGN loannis Lagos, Technician Radiant Technologies S.A.
Athanasia Liberi, Plastic Arts Artist
loannis Konstantinidis, Technician
Stephanos Serdaris, Foreman
Georgios Alexandris, Technician PUBLIC RELATIONS - PROMOTION
Vasilios Remvos, Technician Efi Katsanika, Communications Manager
DIGITAL APPLICATIONS
Konstantinos Sykiaris, Technician
Anastasios Bellas, Multi-media Designer
Georgios Leontieff, Electrician
SLIDES-VIDEO
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
Anastasia Tourta, Archaeologist
Eleni Peristeropoulou, Finance Expert
Nikolaos Vranikas, Architect
Anastasios Bellas, Multi-media Designer

Τ he exhibition "Icons from the Orthodox Communities of Albania. Collection of the National
Museum of Medieval Art, Korcë", held at the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, is an
event of great importance from many points of view, over and above its visual interest. The exhibi
tion is the crowning achievement of a programme of inter-state collaboration between the Museum of
Byzantine Culture, the European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments, and the National
Museum of Medieval Art of Korcë, which has been completed with great success: a five-year programme at
many levels, covering the spheres of conservation, training, academic research and museum presentation, it
was carried out entirely in the excellent Museum of Byzantine Culture, which has recently been awarded
the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
During these five years a good number of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine icons of outstanding artistic and
historical importance from the Korcë Museum were conserved in exemplary fashion: conservators from
the Albanian museum were trained in new methods and technologies in icon-conservation; an imaginative
exhibition was mounted, presenting the conserved icons -with the aid of technology- in the context of the
monuments and their places of origin; finally, the present, tasteful catalogue was compiled, the content of
which makes a contribution to academic research. The achievement of all the above was made possible
by the harmony, inspiration and zeal with which many people from both sides worked together.
The programme is important from many points of view: it has contributed to the preservation of works of
art of the Byzantine heritage, which is a substantial component of European civilisation; it has promoted
collaboration between the two countries in the sphere of culture, through the transfer of the relevant tech
nical expertise to our neighbours; and it has enhanced the -historically rooted- role played by
Thessaloniki in the Balkans as a reference point of culture and development, since the two Greek institu
tions involved in the programme -the Museum of Byzantine Culture and the European Centre for
Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments- are based in this city.
In the restless world of today, collaborative ventures of this kind promote the unifying role of culture as a
sure channel of communication and mutual understanding. Endeavours of this nature should therefore be
encouraged and continue.
GEORGIOS VOULGARAKIS
Minister of Culture