THE MONASTERY OF THE PAMMAKARISTOS
Parecclesion - Mosaic of the Baptism.  The only surviving scene from the Twelve Feasts cycle is a splendid chromatic composition.  The nude figure of Christ represents an attempt to combine dogmatic beliefs on Christ’s incarnation with a reconsideration of views on ancient classical beauty.
 
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