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“Serbia, A Land of Frescoes” exhibition in Vatican
Belgrade,
5 July 2011
Minister of Culture, Media and Information Society Predrag Markovic will open a “Serbia, A Land of Frescoes” exhibition at the Basilica of Saint Apostles in Vatican tomorrow.
The Ministry of Culture, Media and Information Society says in a statement that the Roman exhibits from the National Museum, sponsored by the Ministry, are a continuation of activities to promote the Serbian culture and cultural heritage abroad.
The exhibition aims to illustrate the artistic and spiritual aspect of the middle ages in Serbia and it represents a small anthology of the Serbian medieval artistic accomplishments, from Studenica monastery to the monastery of Kalenic.
Visitors will be able to see over 20 copies of frescoes, numerous casts in stone plastic and small-scale models of the monasteries of Sopocani and Mileseva.
The Italian audience, including hoards of tourists who visit Vatican every day, will have an opportunity to learn something about the specific visual expression of the Serbian medieval spirituality and culture.
Visitors will be presented with copies of the famous frescoes from the Church of Mother of Ljevis.
The Decani programme will be presented with a copy of the fresco of St. George, Gracanica – with portraits of King Milutin and Queen Simonida, Sopocani – with a fragment of the composition of the Nativity of Christ and the Church of St. Dimitrije – with the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin.
Ljubostinja, Mileseva and Sopocani monasteries, as well as Visoki Decani, will be presented with stone plastic models.
The exhibition “Serbia, A Land of Frescoes” was first showcased in 2007 in Strasbourg and then in Klagenfurt and Ljubljana.
In 2010 it was shown in Paris and Brussels, and this year in Florence, the statement adds.
The exhibition aims to illustrate the artistic and spiritual aspect of the middle ages in Serbia and it represents a small anthology of the Serbian medieval artistic accomplishments, from Studenica monastery to the monastery of Kalenic.
Visitors will be able to see over 20 copies of frescoes, numerous casts in stone plastic and small-scale models of the monasteries of Sopocani and Mileseva.
The Italian audience, including hoards of tourists who visit Vatican every day, will have an opportunity to learn something about the specific visual expression of the Serbian medieval spirituality and culture.
Visitors will be presented with copies of the famous frescoes from the Church of Mother of Ljevis.
The Decani programme will be presented with a copy of the fresco of St. George, Gracanica – with portraits of King Milutin and Queen Simonida, Sopocani – with a fragment of the composition of the Nativity of Christ and the Church of St. Dimitrije – with the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin.
Ljubostinja, Mileseva and Sopocani monasteries, as well as Visoki Decani, will be presented with stone plastic models.
The exhibition “Serbia, A Land of Frescoes” was first showcased in 2007 in Strasbourg and then in Klagenfurt and Ljubljana.
In 2010 it was shown in Paris and Brussels, and this year in Florence, the statement adds.
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