Manuel Panselinos

Manuel Panselinos (Greek: Μανουήλ Πανσέληνος) was a Byzantine painter and writer of the Palaeologan Renaissance, known for introducing pathos into frescos, murals and especially icons from the 13th and 14th centuries. He was active in the region of Macedonia, and was widely considered to be the most prominent and influential figure of the palaeologan renaissance and the Macedonian school of painting centered at the Empire's second-largest city, Thessaloniki.^[1]

Biography

Manuel Panselinos was born in the late 13th century in Thessaloniki. His primary works were iconography and frescos. His works can be found in several monasteries of

However, the tradition ascribing the Athonite paintings to Manuel has only been attested in the 17th century, and it is only in the 18th century that Dionysios of Fourna claimed that he was born in Thessaloniki, and to have derived some of the rules in his own work from him.^[3] Manuel has sometimes been tentatively equated with members of the Astrapas family, but without firm evidence.^[3]

Stylistically,

Research on Athos has shown all purported paintings of his to be genuine works of Manuel, including (but not limited to) the frescoes in the Protaton and the outer Narthex of the Katholikon of Vatopedi, the head of Saint Nicholas in the Katholikon of the Great Lavra (the body has been retouched), the portable icon of Saint Demetrios in the Great Lavra, and the two icons of Saint George in Vatopedi. Authentic works of his have also been located in monuments in Thessaloniki and other cities in Greek Macedonia.^[4][5]

Gallery

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  Jesus as a child, Protaton, Karyes
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  John the Baptist, Protaton, Karyes
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  Jesus and Samaritan woman, Protaton, Karyes
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  Presentation of Mary, Protaton, Karyes
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  Saint Demetrius, Protaton, Karyes
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  Saint Eustace, Protaton, Karyes
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  Fresco from Saint Euthymius chapel, Thessaloniki
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  Saint John the Evangelist, Protaton, Karyes
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  Saints Mercurius and Artemius of Antioch, Protaton, Karyes
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  Saints Theodore Stratelates and Theodore Tyron, Protaton, Karyes
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  Resurrection of Christ, Protaton, Karyes
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  Crucifixion of Jesus, Protaton, Karyes
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  Jesus and the Cross, Protaton, Karyes

See also

• Ioannis Pagomenos
• Theodore Apsevdis

References