In this lecture featuring artworks from Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections, Dr Anastasia Drandaki, curator of the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection, Benaki Museum, Athens focuses on unexplored aspects of the dialogue between Byzantine and western European art, particularly Italian painting of the period.

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