Dionysios of Fourna

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Dionysios of Fourna
Virgin and Child on the Monk Pillar
Born1670
Fourna, Greece
Died1744
Fourna, Greece
NationalityGreek
Occupation(s)Painter, Monk, Educator, and Author
Years active1685-1744
Era18th Century
StyleManiera Greca

Dionysius of Fourna (

Heptanese School
flourished. His contemporary at the time was the painter David both artists belong to a class of their own. His student and coworker was famous Greek painter Kyrillos Foteinos. He was from Chios. Some of his other students were Zacharias Vakos, Agapios and two painters known as Petros. Dionysios was also the author of a famous manual on painting.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Mount Athos Painter's Guide (1730–1734)

He was born in

Heptanese School but was exposed to the work while he was on Mount Athos. He preferred the work of Manuel Panselinos. He was considered a traditionalist.[6]

He painted several

Agrafa
. His last official entry in public record was in 1744.

He wrote his manual on painting from 1728-1733 with the help of his student Kyrillos Foteinos. The book was widely distributed in the Balkans.

Book of Matthew, but he weaves in major incidents from the other synoptic Gospels. The manual is also called Mount Athos Painter's Guide and is in three parts. In general, it is a chronological listing of scenes appropriate for painting, along with a proper inscription for the painter to include to make the icon, as well as the proper position in the church for each scene. The first part of the work gives recipes for colors, gesso, and instructions on body proportions for human figure painting. The second part is a manual for the life of Christ, descriptions, and inscriptions for various Biblical and hagiographic
subjects, and suggested images. The third part describes the locations in a church for each depiction. The manuscript survives in more than twenty-five instances.

It is likely that Dionysius surveyed existing churches from the medieval period, where the life of Christ would be told in emblems around the church. Although the work is not original, nor designed to be original, the description of each scene is probably from Dionysius's own imagination and imagery.

Gallery

  • Christ Enthroned
    Christ Enthroned
  • Anastasis Athos
    Anastasis Athos
  • Nativity of Christ Athos
    Nativity of Christ Athos
  • From the Cell of Dionysios at Mount Athos John the Baptist and a Narrative of His Life
    From the Cell of Dionysios at Mount Athos John the Baptist and a Narrative of His Life
  • Young Jesus
    Young Jesus

Literary works

  • Interpretation of Painting Art (Ερμηνεία της Ζωγραφικής Τέχνης)[7]

References

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  1. ^ Hatzidakis 1987, pp. 102, 108, 123.
  2. ^ Hatzidakis & Drakopoulou 1997, pp. 219, 291, 292, 452–453.
  3. ^ University of California (July 3, 2022). "Dionysius of Fourna: Artistic Identity Through Visual Rhetoric". Mateusz Ferens. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  4. ^ Search Greek Culture (July 3, 2022). "Dionysius of Fourna". Staff Writers. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  5. ISBN 9789080647688
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  6. ^ a b Hatzidakis 1987, p. 123.
  7. ISBN 9780950316307
    .

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