Wall Paintings in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon: Various Styles and DatesJournal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/ZDJ5FP4U/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MayHajjWall Paintings in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon: Various Styles and Dateshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/ZDJ5FP4Uhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/ZDJ5FP4Uhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/ZDJ5FP4UJournal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies4:2-32016194-208This article offers a new approach to the study of paintings from four churches in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon, including the paintings of Deir es-Salib and Saydet Qannubine, where a large part of the paintings are still in situ—albeit in a bad state of preservation; those in the church of Mart Shmuni, which were destroyed in the 1980s and are only known from photographs and the small fragments still visible today; and the paintings in the church of Deir Mar Asya, where the only remaining parts require immediate conservation. The focus here will be on the plaster used in these paintings, especially from the church of Deir es-Salib as it reveals many phases of intervention. Comparing the paintings and their iconography will also help define their styles and establish their dating.
Hajj, May. “Wall Paintings in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon: Various Styles and Dates.” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 4:2-3 (2016): 194–208.
May Hajj, Wall Paintings in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon: Various Styles and Dates,Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 4:2-3 (2016): 194–208.LebanonMaronitesVII-XVIII CEarchaeologyartchurchesfrescoesmonasteries