{"id":1580,"date":"2016-08-26T17:20:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T22:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/?page_id=1580"},"modified":"2016-09-12T16:22:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T21:22:58","slug":"agios-dimitrios-thessaloniki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/agios-dimitrios-thessaloniki\/","title":{"rendered":"Agios Dimitrios &#8212; Thessaloniki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/anastylosis-audio-bank\/agios-dimitrios-for-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/08\/Agios-Dimitrios-for-web.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-R1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1330784236&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;49.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.2&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Agios Dimitrios for web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/08\/Agios-Dimitrios-for-web.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1574\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/08\/Agios-Dimitrios-for-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Agios Dimitrios for web\" width=\"603\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/elevator.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/asset\/getEmbed\/57c5b7b6e758ae0d793685ba\/null\/true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"40\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the building that blew away everything I thought I knew about decoration and pattern. The Byzantine idea about the dematerialization of space through the use of pattern and gold leaf is awe-inspiring. A Byzantine interior overwhelms the senses and lets you know that you have entered a place that is not of this world. The riot of pattern, texture and gilded surfaces resulted in the first of the drawings to be explicitly about the interior of the building, with just hints of the brickwork and roofline to refer to the rather plain exterior. This drawing is filled with collaged elements from other drawings in the series and embodies the theme of conversation between the drawings of these contemporaneous buildings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for many examples of differing perspectives and views of interior spaces, including the three\u00a0bottom panels, which represent the much older crypt beneath the present day church.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some details you might look for include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The representation of St. Dimitrios being lowered to his death in the well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The green porphyry columns with capitals salvaged from many other buildings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The carved wooden screen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chairs for the priests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curtains hiding the silver casket of a donor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the remnants of mosaics \u2013 especially the patriarch peeking out from behind a column.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/anastylosis-audio-bank\/\">\u2190BACK<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the building that blew away everything I thought I knew about decoration and pattern. 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