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Fresco paintings of
Visoki Decani Monastery -
jewels of the 14th century
art
Visoki
Decani Monastery, the first
cultural monument on the
territory of Kosovo
Province, to be inscribed in
the list of UNESCO World
Heritage has long been known
as one of the
architecturally most
interesting and best
preserved Serbian medieval
churches in which traditions
of Romanesque architecture
meet artistic patterns of
the Byzantine world.
However, Decani Monastery
paintings were often
regarded as of lesser
artistic value to frescoes
in some other Serbian
Monasteries in Raska and
Kosovo regions. The most
recent photographing of the
entire fresco-painting of
Decani Monastery has
revealed a beauty of fresco
painting which has so far
largerly remained unnoticed
in academic and
iconographic circles. In
this edition of the ERP KIM
Info-service Newsletter we
are presenting only some of
the most beautiful fresco
compositions which decorate
walls of the Decani
Monastery church. The
Monastery and the NGO
MNEMOSYNE from Belgrade are
working currently on
publishing of a large and
richly illustrated
Monography of the Decani
Monastery which will present
the artistic values of this
holy shrine to the wider
public.
More about the art of Visoki
Decani Monastery:
/edecani2.html
Decani Monastery HOME PAGE
at kosovo.net:
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The fresco of Pantokrator - Decani Monastery, 14th
century

The
Narthex

Narthex ceiling

The family of Emperor Dusan (queen Helen and young
prince Uros)

Emperor Dusan and his family

Archangel Gabriel, 1st half of the
14th century - Decani monastery

Dormition of the Theotokos

Holy Hierarchs

View of the Christ
Pantocrator in the dome of the church
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