FAÇADE DECORATION OF THE TRADITION OF EPIRUS: UNITY OF PRINCIPLES AND VARIETY OF OPTIONS
The article provides an overview of the decorative elements and ornamental motifs in the churches of Epirus of the 13th - early 14th centuries, as well as the monuments of the regional centers of Aegean and North Macedonia, associated with the tradition of Epirus. While maintaining the unity of the principles of including decor in the composition of the facade, the specific and iconographic vocabulary of decor in these monuments varies: these are various ornaments made of simple and cut bricks, glazed ceramics, polychrome facing masonry, relief icons. The review is supplemented by conclusions regarding the patterns of development of facade decoration in the Epirus school itself and in the course of the assimilation of the Epirus tradition in the regional centers of Macedonia.