Cretan School

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The Cretan School was a prominent post-Byzantine artistic movement centered on Crete, known for its icon painting that blended traditional Byzantine styles with emerging Western influences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic movement ⓘ
icon-painting tradition ⓘ
post-Byzantine art school ⓘ
center Candia ⓘ
Heraklion ⓘ
country Republic of Venice ⓘ
endTime 17th century ⓘ
exportDestination Eastern Mediterranean Orthodox communities ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
floruit 16th century ⓘ
follows Byzantine art ⓘ
genre icon painting ⓘ
panel painting ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
hasCharacteristic bright colors ⓘ
combination of Byzantine and Western stylistic elements ⓘ
conservative iconographic schemes ⓘ
gold backgrounds ⓘ
linear drawing ⓘ
mass production of icons for export ⓘ
small-scale portable icons ⓘ
historicalContext Venetian rule over Crete ⓘ
influenced Eastern Orthodox iconography ⓘ
Greek religious painting ⓘ
Heptanese School ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine art ⓘ
Italian Renaissance art ⓘ
Orthodox iconographic tradition ⓘ
Western European art ⓘ
location Crete ⓘ
movementMember El Greco ⓘ
Georgios Klontzas ⓘ
Michael Damaskenos ⓘ
Theophanes the Cretan ⓘ
notableArtist Andreas Ritzos ⓘ
El Greco ⓘ
Emmanuel Tzanes ⓘ
linked to: Andreas Ritzos

Georgios Klontzas ⓘ
Michael Damaskenos ⓘ
Nikolaos Tzafouris ⓘ
Theophanes the Cretan ⓘ
notableWorkType Christ Pantocrator icons ⓘ
linked to: Christ Pantocrator

Deesis compositions ⓘ
Virgin Hodegetria icons ⓘ
partOf post-Byzantine art ⓘ
patron Catholic Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to: Orthodox churches

Venetian authorities ⓘ
product church iconostases ⓘ
panel paintings for private devotion ⓘ
portable icons ⓘ
region Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
startTime 15th century ⓘ
usedLanguage Greek ⓘ

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Theophanes the Cretan → movement → Cretan School ⓘ
post-Byzantine art → hasPart → Cretan School ⓘ
Coronation of the Virgin by El Greco → hasArtisticSchool → Cretan–Spanish school ⓘ
linked to: Cretan School
Dipoenus and Scyllis → artisticSchool → Cretan school of sculpture ⓘ
linked to: Cretan School
Georgios Klontzas → movement → Cretan School ⓘ
Georgios Klontzas → school → Cretan School of painting ⓘ
linked to: Cretan School
Heptanese School → developedFrom → Cretan School ⓘ
Michael Damaskenos → movement → Cretan School ⓘ
Michael Damaskenos → school → Cretan School ⓘ
Andreas Ritzos → movement → Cretan School ⓘ
Andreas Ritzos → style → Cretan School style ⓘ
linked to: Cretan School
Nikolaos Tzafouris → artMovement → Cretan School ⓘ