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work. The tree and the figures clearly exhibit edges and groves. The folds of fabric are also reminiscent of the refinement in the Cretan style of the period. The three figures to the left and right of Christ create the illusion of space. The different figures are symmetric. The poses of the figures are more complex.
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displays the same figures. The figures in the later works are more refined adapting to the Venetian influenced maniera greca. The style escaped the Byzantine style introducing a more refined artistic technique. The central figure of Christ is smaller the painter adds more details and lines to the
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copied was from an unknown artist created between 1600-1700. It was either wrongfully attributed to a different artist or Moskos created an almost identical version of his own work. The artwork relative to earlier versions of the theme created by Cretan painter
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is a tempera painting on gold leaf and wood panel. The height is 36.7 cm (14.4 in) and the width is 29.3 cm (11.5 in). Beginning from the top of the vine to our left,
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is located at the Monastery of the Virgin Hodegetria, Heraklion, Crete. His theme was copied by many artists. Christ the Vine or Christos o Ambelos is a depiction of the nine original
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is the original use of the family tree as a schematic representation of a genealogy. The theme originated in a passage from the biblical
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identified by historians as a mid-16th-century icon created by an unknown artist. The Moskos version is located at the
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is seated to our right. He holds a scroll. The next group beginning from our left
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is often depicted holding the two keys in his left hand. On the other side, across
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36.7 cm × 29.3 cm (14.4 in × 11.5 in)
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Christ the Vine was a very popular theme painted by Cretan artists.
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created three versions of the work during the 15th century.
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they both hold closed books. Below the group of the
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looks upward while he holds a scroll. He is facing
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Leos Moskos
Movement
Cretan School
Paul the Evangelist
Luke the Evangelist
Mark the Evangelist
Benaki Museum
Benaki Museum
Official Website
Leos Moskos
Rethimno
Cephalonia
Zakynthos
Elias Moskos
Ioannis Moskos
Panagiotis Doxaras
Angelos Akotantos
Angelo's
Christ the Vine
apostles
Paul the Evangelist
Luke the Evangelist
Mark the Evangelist
Tree of Jesse
Tree of Jesse
Book of Isaiah
Messiah
Jesus Christ
Jesse

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