IMC 2022

Church of St. Nicholas, Maza, 1325–1327. Detail of Christ Pantokrator, apse fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos. Image: sites.wustl.edu/salvagingcrete/st-nicholas-maza/

Conference Date: Jul 04, 2022–Jul 07, 2022 Location: University of Leeds Leeds UK Session Title: Salvaging Crete: Preserving the Legacy of the Artist Ioannis Pagomenos (session 1612) Session Date: Jul 07, 2022 (11:15 AM - 12:45 PM)

Salvaging Crete: Preserving the Legacy of the Artist Ioannis Pagomenos

The Salvaging Crete Project documents eight fourteenth-century Byzantine chapels attributed to Ioannis Pagomenos. This interdisciplinary panel considers the ways these sites challenge our thinking about borders in time and space. Taking up the dichotomies of local - global, center - periphery, and medieval - modern, these papers explore how the chapels enhance our understanding of the complex transition from the medieval to modern period in the Mediterranean; how they provide an unparalleled vantage into rural life at the core and margins; and how they demonstrate the alliances crosscutting global, national, and local categories to preserve heritage at risk.