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Byzantine Painting through Contemporary Eyes
19. Mark Rothko, Brown, Black and Blue, No. 24, 1958, oil on canvas, 176.5 x 152.4 cm (69.1⁄2 x 60), Private Collection.
20. Forefather Adam, Russian icon, second half of the 19th century, 37 x 30.5 cm, Collection H. Villa- mo, Kauniainen, Finland.
21. St John Climacus with Saints George and Blaise, Russian icon, second half of the 13th century, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
22. Mark Rothko, Untitled (Seagram Mural), 1958, mixed media on canvas, 266.1 x 252.4 cm (104.3⁄4 x 99.3/8), National Gallery of Art, Washington.
23. This image shows how a 13th century Russian icon of St John Climacus appears when all anthro- pomorphic representations are excluded and replaced with the colour of the background.
24. This image shows the figure of St John Climacus (which was taken from its original Byzantine icon composition shown on the left of demonstration number 3) added to an abstract composi- tion painted by Rothko.
25. Our methodological intervention over a Russian icon of St Nicholas – late 13th and early 14th century, Novogorod, Hermitage, St Petersburg.
26. Our methodological intervention over a Russian icon of St Elijah the Prophet – 15th century, 75 x 57 cm, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
27. Our methodological intervention over a Byzantine icon of Christ the Savior (Golden Christ) – first third of the 16th century, Byzantine (Greek) icon, from the church of Saint John in Achrida, FYROM.
28. Mark Rothko, Red, Yellow, Red, 1969, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 123.2 x 102.9 cm, private collection.
29. Mark Rothko, Five Studies for the Harvard Murals, c.1958–1960, tempera on coloured construc- tion paper, various sizes, private collection.
30. 16th century (1593) Russian icon of St Nicholas the Warrior, 29 x 22 cm, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
31. Mark Rothko (Black on Deep Purple), 1964, mixed media on canvas, 266.7 x 203.2 cm (105 x 80), Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Meryland.
32. 16th century Russian icon of St Nicholas the Warrior from which we have excluded the figure of St Nicholas and the corner-depiction of the Virgin with Child.
33. MarkRothko’swork(BlackonDeepPurple),1964,wherewehaveintervenedbyaddingthefig- ural forms from the adjacent Russian icon.
34. Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1969, acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, 183 x 107 cm (72 x 42.1/8), Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel.
35. MarkRothko,Untitled,1968,acryliconpapermountedonwoodfiberboardpanel,103.2x67cm (40.5/8 x 26.3/8), National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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