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 The
woodcarving tradition in Macedonia exist for several centuries. The number of
the master pieces is high and they are prove for the flourishing woodcarving
tradition, for which Macedonia is well-recognized. The arts are mostly of
unknown authors, but with high capabilities and extreme values.
Among the famous, which represent real master pieces, are the Iconostasis in the
St. Spas church in
Skopje and the St. Jovan Bigorski monastery, near
Debar. All of them were made by the successful maestros, Petar
Filipovski - Garka, his brother Marko and Makarie Frčkovski
(who lived in the 19th century),
all of them from the Gari village (Miyak district), in western Macedonia.
The iconostasis in the church St. Spas in Skopje, was made in the period
1819-1824 and represents one of the most known arts, at all. With it's
dimensions height and width of 10 meters, it is not the biggest iconostasis in
Macedonia, but the most valuable, because of it's techniques, composition, the
wealthy provided by the flora and fauna ornaments and the several geometrical
shapes. The woodcarvers illustrated on it, the Holy letter. The composition "Gozba
kaj tzar Irod" shows Salome in the local Galičnik
(Miyačka) dress.
While the second master piece is in the St. Jovan Bigorski monastery, and was
built in the period of 1830-1835. It is larger and bigger than the one in the
St. Spas church. It is the largest in Macedonia. This one is also a master piece
of the same woodcarvers group, lead by Petar Filipovski - Garka. |
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