Manuel Panselinos

Protaton frescoes — Macedonian School master

The leading painter of the Macedonian School and the Byzantine equivalent of Giotto — his exact contemporary. The frescoes in the Protaton church on Mount Athos display a naturalism and emotional expressiveness that parallel the revolution happening simultaneously in Italy.

Key works

• Protaton frescoes, Mount Athos~1290-1310— Life of Christ and the Virgin — the Macedonian School's masterpiece
  Protaton, Karyes, Mount Athos

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