Byzantine exhibition at Metropolitan Museum (New York)

Serbian Government News ^ | March 2004

[joan]

New York/Belgrade, March 15, 2004 - An exhibition of Byzantine art with more than 300 items will be organised at the Metropolitan Museum in New York from March 23 to July 4. The loan exhibition also includes items from the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the National Museum in Belgrade.

The exhibition entitled "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)" is to be held at the Special Exhibition Galleries - The Tisch Galleries, the Metropolitan Museum website announced.

The Serbian Orthodox Church announced that among the exhibits will be King Milan's mantle from 1300, Eulogy to Prince Lazar - Jefimija's embroidery from 1402, the Gospel dating from the 15th century as well as a number of icons and other period items. The visitors will also see manuscripts from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, deposited at the National Museum in Belgrade.

Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew will open the event.

[joan]

The Museum's site on the Special Exhibition

[joan]

More than 350 objects—icons, manuscripts, vestments and other gorgeously embroidered fabrics—have been gathered together, including 40 from St Catherine's Monastery in Sinai and several from Kosovo where more than a dozen churches were destroyed last week.

The art of Byzantium: Glories of gold

[EggsAckley]

I love the Byzantine art. And it's amazing to see how, in time, it moved toward the Renaissance realism.

[EggsAckley]

Oh, and thanks for posting this. Touring the art was fasciniating.

[MarMema]

Well thank God they are not in Serbia so they are not being destroyed by hoodlum mobs. Like much of the rest of my/our Orthodox Holy Heritage in Kosovo is being destroyed on a daily basis.

[MarMema]

....it moved toward the Renaissance realism

Only outside the Orthodox church. Byzantine icons cannot be improved upon, just as Holy Scripture cannot be rewritten in a better way.

[joan]

I find the embroidered works very impressive. These were both done in the 1300's:

Vatican Sakkos. Byzantine (Constantinople or Thessalonike), 14th century. The Vatican Treasury, Vatican City.

Epitaphios of King Stefan Uros II Milutin. Serbia, ca. 1300 (embroidery); 16th century (velvet border). Silk and velvet; embroidery, gold and silver wire and silver thread; 143.5 x 72 cm (56 1/2 x 28 3/8 in.); with a border, 210 x 132 cm (82 5/8 x 52 in.). Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Belgrade (4660).

[MarMema]

Here is my favorite from the collection. Snickering only slightly...

[kosta50]

And it's amazing to see how, in time, it moved toward the Renaissance realism

The frescoes of today are still the same as the original ones. Where did that second picture originate?

[EggsAckley]

The first picture is early Byzantine, the second late Byzantine, 200 years later. Go look at the collection; it's worth your while.

[DTA]

>>>>>And it's amazing to see how, in time, it moved toward the Renaissance realism<<<<

Actually, it was the other way around. Please see this:

"Some scholars date the beginning of the Italian Renaissance from the appearance of Giotto di Bondone in the early 14th century; others regard his prodigious achievements in naturalistic art as an isolated phenomenon. According to the second view, the consistent development of Renaissance style began only with the generation of artists active in Florence at the beginning of the 15th century."

Now see Serbian art around 1310 to 1313:

DESTROYED BY ALBANIAN SAVAGES IN MARCH 2004

[Julliardsux]

I saw this on Wednesday night (my wife wrote some of the plaques that accompany the pieces). It is absolutely stunning, and definitely worth seeing. There is just so much, including an entire, enormous chandelier hanging from the ceiling to the floor that is from the 14th century.

[Julliardsux]

Also, the illuminated manuscripts are in ridiculously excellent condition - they are amazing.

[getgoing]

Thank you for this much needed ping. During a time of overwhelming destruction antiquities of the Church are preserved.

[katnip]

Wow, thanks for this ping.

I'm definitely going to this!

[Xenalyte]

Phenomenal. Almost makes me want to venture back to the Big Wormy Apple to see it.

[Honorary Serb]

Thanks for the ping--I hope that I can go and see the exhibit before July 4. This shows, for all the world to see, the high level of Serbian civilization--despite the lies of the Halfbrights Holbrookes, and Amanpours of the world.

In contrast, those who know the Kosovo Shiptars regard many of them as mafia clan-based savages. Even many other Albanians--especially Orthodox Tosks from the south--agree with this view. And ever since Kosovo was stolen from Serbia by the clintonites and their Eurotrash collaborators, their savagery has increased even more!!

[KellyAdmirer]

I saw a similar exhibit a couple of years ago. As a student of that period, I found it fascinating, a real window into a very neglected yet extremely important period of history. It's good art, too.

[vooch]

Do you think they'll stop the KLA from pillaging the show ?