Moldavian Murals

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MOLDAVIAN MURALS
Surprising owing to the technical skill which secured them an incredible resistance to the inclemency of the weather all along the centuries, the exterior frescoes in Moldavia, together with those adorning the interiors of edifices, are some of the noblest and most eloquent testimonies of the creativity and aspirations of the Romanian people. One can discern in their universe of forms and colours the irresistible desire for beauty and harmony, supreme gifts which can exist only if absolute freedom exists, a freedom for which the Romanians of those times heroically fought under the glorious leadership of Stephen the Great or Petru Rares. A generously rich and human means of communication, the exterior frecoes in mediaeval Moldavia convey by their felicitous palette a lasting message grasped by all those who tarry for a while to admire their wonderful beauty.
VASILE DRAGUT
\ High up in the mountains, in
the thick of the forests, in
the princely foundations... Tovább

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MOLDAVIAN MURALS
Surprising owing to the technical skill which secured them an incredible resistance to the inclemency of the weather all along the centuries, the exterior frescoes in Moldavia, together with those adorning the interiors of edifices, are some of the noblest and most eloquent testimonies of the creativity and aspirations of the Romanian people. One can discern in their universe of forms and colours the irresistible desire for beauty and harmony, supreme gifts which can exist only if absolute freedom exists, a freedom for which the Romanians of those times heroically fought under the glorious leadership of Stephen the Great or Petru Rares. A generously rich and human means of communication, the exterior frecoes in mediaeval Moldavia convey by their felicitous palette a lasting message grasped by all those who tarry for a while to admire their wonderful beauty.
VASILE DRAGUT
\ High up in the mountains, in
the thick of the forests, in
the princely foundations of
Neamt, Putna and others,
religious art in Romania is
not a provincial chapter in
the history of Byzantine art,
but an evidence of the
splendour of the princely
court and of a rich historical
life, a synthesis of the
divergent forces of East and
West. There is also another
unexpected and powerfui
element which should be
added. We feel that this is no
Byzantinism surviving under
artificial and precarious
conditions but a vital function
which absorbs and renews.
All these churches, palaces,
tombs, these treasures, which
were commissioned by princes
and varied according to their
taste, exude an immemorial
force expressed through art,
a force which shows the deep
permanent aspirations of the
national spirit.
HENRI FOCILLON, 1929 Vissza