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Biblical Visions: Exterior Murals at the Monastery of the Transfiguration

By Hélène Bléré on May 3, 2021
Biblical Visions: Exterior Murals at the Monastery of the Transfiguration

Between 2016 and 2018 I created a series of wall paintings with scenes from the Old Testament for the exterior walls of a chapel in Dordogne, France. The chapel is located in the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration which was founded by Archimandrite Elie and is a dependency of the Monastery of Simonos Petras on […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged Architecture, Byzantine, Dordogne, Eastern Orthodox, Exterior wall painting, france, fresco, Hélène Bléré, Icon, iconographer, iconography, keim, murals, Old Testament, Orthodox, Orthodox Church, Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration May 11, 2021
 

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