Last Supper, Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece.
Fresco by Theophanes the Cretan, 1546.
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Theophanes the Cretan and The Cretan School

The chief exponent of the Cretan School was Theophanes Strylitzas from Iraklio on Crete. He painted the katholikon of the Great Lavra in 1535, and the katholikon and refectories of Stavronikita and the Great Lavra with his sons Symeon and Neophytos, who followed in his footsteps as painters. The frescoes in the Chapel of St John the Baptist in Stavronikita are also attributed to Theophanes. His frescoes are characterised by a consistent organisation of the composition, the perfect stance of the figures, an abundance of drapery in their clothing giving an impression of naturalness, noble faces, and luminous colours.

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