Relics of the past : treasures of the Greek Orthodox Church and the population exchange : the Benaki Museum collections Reliques du passé : trésors de l'Église orthodoxe grecque et l'Échange de population : les collections du Musée Benaki

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Relics of the past : treasures of the Greek Orthodox Church and the population exchange : the Benaki Museum collections = Reliques du passé : trésors de l'Église orthodoxe grecque et l'Échange de population : les collections du Musée Benaki

edited by Anna Ballian = sous la direction de Anna Ballian

5 Continents , GBS [distributor], 2011

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Exhibition catalogue

Catalogue of exhibition held in the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Switzerland, from Feb. 3 to July 24, 2011

"Sponsored by John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation"

Summary: Made of gold and silver, intricately decorated with carvings and adorned with precious stones, the sacred Christian art objects pictured in this volume-tabernacles, crosses and crucifixes, plates, votives, and more-were made by highly skilled Greek craftsmen living in the Ottoman empire

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The selection of sacred art objects including tabernacles, plates, bottles, bibs, votive, crosses show the high technical level of the Greek craftsmen. Precious metals, like gold and silver, beautifully decorated with carvings, chisels and shapes embossed and adorned with precious stones like rubies and sapphires, are analyzed in terms of historical and artistic. Each object is recognized style often characterized by traditional Greek and Byzantine style more properly Islamic, as well as Western influences brought by the commercial traffic between Italian ports and Constantinople. The objects come from the Greek Orthodox community stationed on the Turkish coast under the rule of the Ottoman empire from the fourteenth century.

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