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Blago Fund continues its cooperation with Princeton and Harvard University |
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The Blago Fund Team of the Serbian Unity Congress donated slides and DVDs on Serbian
monasteries to the Princeton and Harvard University. Slides and DVDs
were created by Blago field team during their years of extensive work
in Monastery Mileseva, August 2000, 195 slides;
Monastery Studenica, Monastery Gracanica, June 2003, 98 slides;
Monastery Decani, June 2004, 21 slides; Monastery Sopocani, August
2005, 53 slides; Monastery Ravanica, 173 scanned pictures
We would like to thank the Princeton University for supporting our projects.
Washington - The Director of Programs for the Serbian Unity Congress Ivana Cerovic and Milka Piljak visited Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection and met with Ms. Gerri Schaad, Curator for Image Collections and Fieldworks Archives.
Dumbarton Oaks provides resources for study and
publication of scholarly works in Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden
and Landscape Studies. Begun as a private collection by Mildred and
Robert Woods Bliss in 1920, and given to Harvard University in 1940,
the library and collections include art objects, artifacts,
manuscripts, and rare books. Its considered one of the richest
collections and research libraries of Byzantine art in the world.
The Dumbarton Oaks museum opened its doors in April 2008 after renovation.
Buy Blago DVDs | Send free e-cards with pictures of the Serbian Monasteries
For more information visit www.doaks.org |
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BLAGO Field Trip: Kosovo & Metohija 2008 |
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 WASHINGTON DC - BELGRADE - DECANI - June 2008 - The BLAGO Fund completed another field trip to Kosovo and Metohija and continued to archive Serbian heritage. This time the focus was on smaller and remote churches, mostly dating back to the 13th century. The churches in Lipljan, Vaganis, Temenik, and St. Nicholas and St. John the Forerunner in Velika Hoca were completely archived, with virtual reality and photographs of fresco paintings. The BLAGO team is thankful to the sisterhoods and brotherhoods of Monasteries Gradac, Sokolica, Gracanica, and Decani for their warm hospitality. They also deeply grateful for the blessing of Bishop Artemije, and the logistic and other support received from the Diocesan staff.
Visit our showcase gallery of the trip at http://www.srpskoblago.org/showcase/.
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BLAGO Fund donates material to Princeton University |
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  WASHINGTON DC - June 2008 - BLAGO Fund donated six hundred 35 mm slides from monasteries Ravanica, Mileseva, Studenica, Gracanica, Decani, and Sopocani to the Index of Christian Art of Princeton University. Acompanied with slides were two DVDs (BLAGO Contribution 1 & 2) with scanned images of the slide collection. The gift was received by Director of the Index, Colum Hourihane. BLAGO Fund is enthusiastic about the prospect of a long-term working relationship with this preeminent institution is the domain of Christian art, and is grateful for the financial support received from Princeton University.
Index of Christian Art can be found at http://ica.princeton.edu/.
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New Archive: St Apostles Church, Pec |
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 WASHINGTON DC - BELGRADE - June 2008 - The BLAGO fund made available for public viewing the archives of the Church of the Holy Apostles from the Patriarchate of Pec monastery complex. The archive was created during BLAGO's summer 2007 field trip. The Church of the Holy Apostles was built by the Serbian Archbishop
Arsenije in the 13th century and illuminated around 1250; shortly thereafter, the seat of the Serbian Church was also transferred to Pec.
The archive can be seen at http://www.srpskoblago.org/Archives/Pec/. |
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New Archive: St Demetrios Church, Pec |
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 WASHINGTON, D.C. - BELGRADE - May 6, 2008 - The BLAGO Fund
released the archive from
the church of St. Demetrios in the Patriarchate of Pec. The collection of 958 detailed fresco photographs, along with four virtual reality movies, is available on our web site as part of the Treasure collection. The Church of St Demetrios was built around 1320 by Archbishop
Nikodim and was archived by the BLAGO team in the summer of 2007.
The archive can be found at http://www.srpskoblago.org/Archives/Pec/ . |
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