It is hard to imagine a more distinguished group Of contributors than the ones assembled here. The catalogue will stand apart from previous scholarship on this subject because it is focused specifically on Crete [and addresses] the kernel of the 'Cretan questioN:namely， how did the restless little socially mixed， commercially dynamic cities on the fringe of an island of peasant small-holders assume the artistic mantle of Constantinople and turn it into a Renaissance art-industry？ This catalogue addresses that kernel through the person of Angelos. Angelos is the product of a generations scholarly effort， and it is exciting to see the components of his painstaking construction laid out here - historical， artistic，economic， social.
Preface 6
AIMI LIA YEROU LANOU
(PRESIDENT OF THE BENAKI MUSEUM BOARD
OF TRUSTEES)
Sponsor's Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
MARIAVASSILAKI
Scientific Committee
Lenders to the Exhibition
Contributors to the Catalogue
PART I:
AROUND 1400:
HISTORICAL REALITY,
ARTISTIC CONDITIONS
I.
Before the Fall: Political and
Economic Conditions in
Constantinople in the Fifteenth
Century
ANGELIKI LAIOU
2.
The History of Crete during the
Fifteenth Century on the Basis
of Archival Documents
CHRYSSA MALTEZOU
3.
Candia between Venice,
Byzantium and the Levant:
The Rise of a Major Emporium
to the Mid-Fifteenth Century
DAVID JACOBY
4.
The Icon in Constantinople
around 14oo
ROBIN CORMACK
5.
From Constantinople to Candia:
Icon Painting around 1400
MARIA VASSILAKI
CATALOGUE TO PART I
PART I1:
THE PAINTING
OF ANGELOS
6.
The Will ofAngelos Akotantos
MARIA KAZANAKI-LAPPA
7.
The Art of Angelos
MARIA VASSILAKI
8.
The LegacyofAngelos
NANO CHATZI DAKIS
CATALOGUETO PART II
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Picture Credits