The sixteen studies in this book deal with the art of painting in Crete in the 15th century, when the centre of Byzantine artistic production migrated from Constantinople to Candia, the capital of Venetian occupied Crete. The main focus is on the painter Angelos and the icons he painted or which can be assigned to him, and particular attention is given to the archival documents that illuminate his life and career, and shed light on the trade in icons.
Contents: Part 1 The Painter Angelos: The painter Angelos Akotantos: his work and testament (1436); New evidence on the painter Angelos Akotantos; From the 'anonymous' Byzantine artist to the 'eponymous' Cretan painter of the 15th century; Painting and painters in Venetian Crete; Saint Phanourios: cult and iconography; A Cretan icon in the Ashmolean: the embrace of Peter and Paul; A Cretan icon of Saint George; An icon of Saint George on horseback by the painter Angelos: a recent acquisition of the Benaki Museum; The hand of Angelos? Part 2 On Cretan Painting: Observations on painting in Crete in the early 15th century; Some Cretan icons in the Walters Art Gallery; Reconstructing a triptych; An icon of the entry into Jerusalem and a question of archetypes, prototypes and copies in lateand post-Byzantine icon-painting. Part 3 The Cretan Painter at Work: The trade of icons in Venetian Crete; Workshop practices and working drawings of iconpainters; On the technology of post-Byzantine icons; Index.