The conservation of icons in the Velimezis Collection
By: [general supervision, Stergios Stassinopoulos]
Publisher: Benaki Museum
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9789608452527
Subjects: Art collections; Icon painting; Conservation and restoration; Greek Icons; Byzantine Icons; Christian art and symbolism; Icons; Private collections
Other titles: Icons in the Velimezis Collection; Velimezis Collection
Description: "The icons of the Collection are displayed automatically, in continuous projection, or according to a selection, on the basis of: chronological criteria from the time chart, the title or the number of the icon from an index, the icon-painter, the geographical region-School and various topics (308 different terms and themes). The analytical presentation of each icon i[n]cludes: the complete icon on full screen, details, narrative, text with information on the icon-painter, the historical context, photographic material from the works of research and conservation (x-rays, infrared and ultra-violet photographs, sections etc.), photographs of the icons before 1943 and a study on the harmonious structural grids. There are also search options through seven fields, wth the possibility of simultaneous enlargements and of additional presentation of videos on the making [of] an icon and on the conservation processes"--Back cover of case.
Notes: Title from disc label.

"The CD-ROM concerns the conservation work [that began around 1995] on the icons in the Emilios Velimezis Collection, conducted under the aegis of the Benaki Museum"--Booklet, p. 4.

"[The CD-ROM presents] 72 icons in the Velimezis Collection in high resolution phtographs with simultaneous narration. There are also 500 photographs and 20 videos from the research and conservation works, 60 old photographs of the icons before 1943, 4 long-duration videos on the stages of making an icon, and 4 animations on the presentation of the harmonious grid of the icons"--Booklet, p. 13.

"The whole has background music from a Byzantine choir and a psaltery"--Booklet, p. 13.

Booklet contains primarily installation procedures and a general description of what is on the CD-ROM.

Narrator: John Leatham.

System requirements: PC 486 or higher (Pentium MMX recommended), with Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Windows NT installed; 16 MB RAM for Windows 95 and 98, and 32 MB RAM for Windows NT; free space in the hard disk 35 MB; at least eight-speed CD-ROM drive; 16-bit sound card, Windows compatible; external speakers or headphones; mouse.