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Byzantine Painting through Contemporary Eyes
fected depiction of Archangel Michael can be reminiscent of abstract features in Kandinsky’s work.
33. Portrait (fresco) of an unknown ascetic, Monastery of Asteriou (16th century), Attica, Greece.
34. VasilyKandinsky,CompositionX,1939,oiloncanvas,130x195cm,Düsseldorf,Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen.
35. Thecomposition(fresco)ofTheSecondComing,1315–1320,atthechapelofthechurchofChora in Constantinople. (Photograph: Uroš Todorović, 2010.)
36. The composition (fresco) of The Second Coming, 1315–1320, at the chapel of the church of Chora in Constantinople. (Photograph: Uroš Todorović, 2010.)
37. VasilyKandinsky,AroundtheCircle,1940,oilandenameloncanvas,97x146cm,NewYork,The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
38. The composition (fresco) of Baptism at Perivleptos in Mistra, Greece; second half of the 14th century.
39. Detail of the fresco of Baptism at Perivleptos in Mistra, Greece; second half of the 14th century.
40. Vasily Kandinsky, Twilight, 1943, oil on card, 57.6 x 41.8 cm, New York, The Solomon R. Guggen-
heim Museum.
41. Detail from the fresco of The Second Coming, 14th century, at the chapel of the church of Chora in Constantinople. (Photograph: Uroš Todorović, 2010.)
42. Vasily Kandinsky, Tempered Elan, 1944, oil on card, 42 x 58 cm, Paris, Musée National d’ Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou.
43. Vasily Kandinsky, Division-Unity, 1943, mixed media, 58 x 42 cm, London, private collection.
44. Detail from the composition (fresco) of The Second Coming at the narthex of the church of the Monastery of St Nicholas Anapausas (1527), Meteora, Greece; painted by Theophanes the Cre- tan. (Photograph: Uroš Todorović, 2008.)
45. A copy of an Egyptian mural from the tomb of Khnumhotep (c.1900 BC).
46. Vasily Kandinsky, White Figure, 1943, oil on card, 58 x 42 cm, New York, The Solomon R. Gug- genheim Museum, gift of Solomon R. Guggenheim, 1947.
47. A photograph of a window light falling on a fresco inside the 9th century church of Panagia Scripou at Orchomenos in Boeotia, Greece. (Photograph: Uroš Todorović 2009.)
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