When a language is lost, a culture is lost (KLPS 12 & 13) Painting

Acrylic on paper calligraphic works inspired by Byzantine art. These calligraphic works mixes the style of graffiti and Byzantine manuscript writing. The word Konstantino means Constantine’s in Greek just as Constantinopolis translates as “Constantine’s city”. There is a monastery church in Aksaray İstanbul which was constructed in 907 by a prominent official of the Byzantine state, presumably the admiral of the fleet named Constantine. Constantine Lips Monastery Church (κωνσταντίνος λήψ, Monastery tou Libos, Fenari İsa Camii) has an interesting story because Constantine Lips' name was forgotten until the 19th and 20th centuries. There is a Greek inscription surrounding the façade of the northern church’s apsis walls. Constantinople Patriarch Constantios I was the first scholar who transcribed and translated this inscription in the 19th century, and he understood that this church was dedicated to Mary. Patriarch misidentified this church in his book Constantiniade (1846), and that is why this church was called at first “St. Mary Panachrantos”. Another translator who was born in Pera, Istanbul, Johannes Heinrich Mordtmann, made the actual finding of this church (1852, Pera - 1932, Berlin). He accurately recognized Fenari İsa Camii as the monastery 'tou Libos' in 1892 after studying the Russian sources and observing that Russian pilgrims frequented this monastery. Two churches make up this monastery; the northern church is the older of the two and is occasionally referred to as Theotokos. The southern church’s typicon (foundation document) which was discovered in Athens in the 17th century, was translated into French in 1921, and then this church complex named as “Constantine Lips”. These calligraphic paintings refer to this mistranslation story that demonstrates the importance of language in maintaining cultural heritage.

Painting:Acrylic on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:5.8 W x 8.2 H x 0.1 D in

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