Retro style - Portrait of Byzantine icon painting

Silver Orthodox religious icons of the last supper

Half of the 16th century, some of the artists left Crete Crete, Greece, or go to the monastery around Venice, Italy, so Cretan painting style has spread. Angulos. Pichardo Man Nuosi came from Crete, southern Italy Otranto, here and his brother, also a painter Dona Santos established a studio together. He imitated Leman first etchings and creation of "shepherd of worship", depicting the Annunciation listen after several shepherds come to worship the nativity scene. Painter icon painting technique used to show the world a picture of biblical times, simple, elegant and moving.
How beautiful painter Nikos.  Los Cartier was born in Crete in Kansas, he was 20 years old when he became a famous painter and  Cretan icon painting association. He remains in the iconography of Crete during the down two: "Our Lady of the Assumption, like" and "Luke painting Madonna." These two patterned on Byzantine icon painting of the Virgin and the apostles portrait, using a typical Cretan School of painting, but also a combination of local Italian painting. In 1567, he went to Venice, Tiqiyanuo. Dimensional Leo's studio work and praised by the painter.During this period he took Italian painting methods used revivalist icon painting, created the "Magi worship" and "The Last Supper" and other works. In 1575 he came to Spain from Rome, no longer painted icons, and a local European retro style outstanding painter, but his painting mysticism benefited from the Byzantine icon language symbolism.
Mikhail big Maersk is one of North Crete most famous and accomplished painter 16th century. His icons have retained about 80. He lived in many places: Crete, Venice, Corfe islands, Pa Temo Island, Athos, Saint Catherine monastery and the like. His "Last Supper" in hydrogen Byzantine icon painting portrait painting and revivalist themes and Leonardo da Vinci paintings combine. In front of all the disciples of various shapes, similar to the revivalist's paintings. Sitting behind the Byzantine icon of Christ is "Christ Almighty," the image of a gold background, head of a halo.Who flew with two angels holding the cross, it is a symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Items on the table clearly shows, is bread and wine, the performance said, "Gospel" on the establishment of Christ's first communion scene. The performance of sacred and secular artists of both worlds with two different opposition painting.

Portrait of Byzantine icon painting of the Last Supper