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Beauty is not pasted over suffering but grows out of it—like the proverbial shoot from parched ground. Bruce Herman

Christianity and Art

Albania

ALBANIA

 

MUSEUMS

Berat:
Museum Onufri, National Museum of Icons, Berat, located in the center of the inhabited quarter in Berat medieval castle. This museum contains a rich iconografic collection and some liturgical service items. Onufri was a 16th-century icon painter active in Central and Southern Albania and South-western Macedonia. https://muzeumet-berat.al/en/onufri-iconographic-museum/ (E)

Korce:
National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce has a collection of 6500 icons. Its collection includes over 7000 art and liturgical items, mainly icons an less stone, wooden, metal and textile works of anonymous and well known artists from different areas of the country.   https://albania.al/activity/culture/korca-national-museum-of-medieval-art/ (E)