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The protos is a monastic office at the Eastern Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece. The office headquarters are located in Karyes,Mount Athos.
Michael Damaskenos or Michail Damaskenos was a leading post-Byzantine Cretan painter. He is a major representative of the Cretan School of painting that flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries. Painters Georgios Klontzas and Damaskenos were major contributors to the Cretan School during the same period. Damaskinos traveled all over the Venetian Empire painting. He remained loyal to his Greek roots stylistically but incorporated some Italian elements in his work. He was strongly influenced by the Venetian school. He painted parts of the Cathedral of San Giorgio dei Greci. Damaskenos has 100 known works. He influenced the works of Theodore Poulakis.
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George Speake,is an English art historian and archaeologist. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology at Oxford,and "a leading authority on Anglo-Saxon animal art." Currently Speake is the Anglo-Saxon Art and Iconography Specialist for the Staffordshire Hoard conservation team,and is working on the reconstruction of the Staffordshire helmet.
Speake may refer to:
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Georgios Klontzas also known as George Klontzas and Zorzi Cloza dito Cristianopullo. He was a scholar,painter,and manuscript illuminator. He is one of the most influential artists of the post-Byzantine period. He defined the Cretan Renaissance. He worked for both Catholic and Orthodox patrons. His artistic output included:icons,miniatures,triptychs,and illuminated manuscripts. He is known for occupying his icons with countless figures. The technique is extremely complex and unique to Klontzas. Andreas Pavias attempted this technique in the Crucifixion of Jesus. Klontzas's painting All Creation rejoices in thee is his most popular work. Klontzas influenced Theodore Poulakis he created an extremely similar painting called In Thee Rejoiceth. Klontzas's work is strongly influenced by the Venetian school. His triptychs strongly resemble the works of Gentile da Fabriano,namely the Intercession Altarpiece. Klontzas's Last Judgement resembles Michelangelo's Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. There are very close similarities. There is no indication that Klontzas saw the work but it is a possibility. According to the Institute of Neohellenic Research fifty-four items of his art exist today.
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The Protaton,also known as the Dormition of the Theotokos Church,is the main church of Karyes,Mount Athos. It also serves as the ecclesiastical seat of the Protos,or the primate of the monastic community of Mount Athos. It was founded in the early 10th century AD,prior to the completion of the Great Lavra in 963.
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- ↑ "Bob Speake Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com" . Retrieved 2008-12-18.
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