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 "The church St. Jovan the Baptists, in the monastery complex"
On the rising ground between the vilages of
Gornjani, Banjani and Cecher the monastery of Nikita is situated. The church and
a chapel dedicated to St. Jovan the Baptists were erected by the Serbian King
Milutin in 1307-1308. This church is well known for its frescoes - the work of
the famous painters Michailo and Eutihie, who also painted the frescoes in the
church St. Clement of Ohrid. Whereas at St. Clement's ceratin monumental feeling
characteristics of frescoing in earlier periods still predominates, here at St.
Nicolaus, tendencies towards a general narrative quality are clearly expressed.
The compositions are distinctly less elaborate but the of figures has increased.
Here the artists has freed himself from the Byzantine iconographical tradition
and has chosen free motifs for characterization. |
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