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Anastasis


Anastasis
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Copyright: Yvonne Becker (smash2707) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 582 W: 90 N: 579] (2551)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2002-10-31
Categories: Artwork
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-S30
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/30 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-03-13 12:00
Viewed: 535
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This fresco, called the Anastasis, can be seen in the Church of St Saviour in Chora. Besides its marvellous frescoes, the church has some well preserved and very beautiful mosaics and is a place you should definitely visit when you are in Istanbul. I loved teh pastel colors of this artwork.

"The frescoes in the paracclesion (*) are thought to have been painted just after the mosaics were completed, probably around 1320. The most engaging of the frescoes - which reflect the purpose of the paracclesion as a place of burial - is the Anastasis in the semidome above the apse. In it, the central figure of Christ, the vanquisher of death, is shown dragging Adam and Eve out of their tombs. Under Christ's feet are the gates of hell, while Satan lies before him. The fresco in the vault overhead depicts the Last Judgement, with the souls of the saved on the right and those of the damned to the left."

Source: Eyewitness Travel Guide for Istanbul

(*) Paracclesion = funerary Chapel
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  • AthaPan Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1131 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-03-13 15:47]

Hello Yvonne

Nice photo, well balanced.
Well done
Sakis

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  • Sina Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 17 W: 0 N: 37] (1118)
  • [2006-03-15 3:20]
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Church of St Saviour in Chora?

I think in Turkish we called this church with an another name, cuz i couldnt remember Yvonne...

Nice artwork, i think you have photographed the Hagia Sophia's?

take care...

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  • pranab Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1567 W: 21 N: 1361] (5342)
  • [2006-03-18 21:55]

yvonne,
you have captured the details in this fresco quite well. good color and framing. well done. great note.

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