By Christina Sanoudou Inspired by his days in Paris and influenced by Byzantine tradition, Constantinos Parthenis experimented with the use of color when he was asked to paint the Aghios Alexandros Church in Palaio Faliro, southern Athens, in 1918.A few years later, in 1923, Photis Kontoglou's visit to Mount Athos signaled the artist's ecclesiastical creative phase. In 1927, ...
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