Irini Leontakianakou Lecturer in History of Art Department of Product & Systems Design Engineering University of the Aegean 1, Konstantinoupoleos str. 84 100 Hermoupolis, Syros, Greece Tel: +302281097126 ileon@aegean.gr EDUCATION 2000 University of Sorbonne, Paris I Paris, France Ph.D. in History of Art Thesis: «L œuvre peint d Emmanuel Tzanes (ca 1610-1690) Contribution à l étude de l Ecole Crétoise» [trans. The artistic production of Emmanuel Tzanes Bouniales (ca 1610-1690). Contribution to the study of the Cretan School,(post byzantine icon painting) ] Thesis Advisors: Prof. J.-P. Sodini, Prof. C. Jolivet-Levy. Thesis grade: Très honorable avec félicitations. 1995 University of Sorbonne, Paris I Paris, France D.E.A. in Archaeology of Historic Periods Dissertation: «Emmanuel Tzanes. Une approche de son œuvre» [trans. Emmanuel Tzanes Bouniales (ca 1610-1690). An approach of his painting ] 1994 University of Sorbonne, Paris I Paris, France Maîtrise in History of Art and Archaeology Dissertation: «Recherches sur l iconographie de la Vierge Lactans en Orient» [trans. Study of the eastern iconography of the Virgin Lactans ] 1993 Technological Education Institute of Athens Athens, Greece Ptychion (BA) in Conservation of Works of Art Faculty of Graphic Arts and Design Dissertation: The Interaction of color pigments with Ultraviolet and Infrared radiation (in greek) TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS February 2013- present : Lecturer in History of Art, University of the Aegean, Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering. Teaching BA courses': History of Art I &II (5 th and 8 th semester), History of Design and Technology I & II (1 st and 2 nd semester). October 2007-present: Adjunct lecturer, Hellenic Open University, Faculty of Human Sciences, BA Program: European Culture, teaching BA course: History of European Art. October 2005-July 2007: Adjunct lecturer, Hellenic Open University, Faculty of Applied Arts, MA Program: Graphics and Multimedia, teaching MA course in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. Course's title: Art and Communication in Graphics. 1
October 2001 June 2010 Adjunct lecturer, Technological Education Institute of Athens, Faculty of Graphic Arts and Design, -Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art teaching BA courses from October 2001 until the academic year 2009-10: Courses' title: 1. Byzantine Art and Archaeology, 2. History of Art (Renaissance), 3.Theory and Methodology of analysis of Works of Art, 4. Wall-painting conservation (methodological course on documentation), 6. Technology of paintings. -Department of Graphics, teaching two courses in 2004-2005, 2003-2004, 2002-2003. Courses' titles: 1. History of Art, 2. Aesthetics. WORK EXPERIENCE February 2013-present: Lecturer in History of Art, Department of Product & Systems Design Engineering, University of the Aegean. November 2006- February 2013: Curator - Art Historian, Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Museological Research, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Education, and Directorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments, Department of Exhibitions, Hellenic Ministry of Culture (participating at the elaboration of museological projects of large-scale temporary exhibitions that have taken place in Greek national museums, organizing the loans of Greek works of art dating before 1830 which have been exhibited outside Greece). October 2004 June 2006 Adjunct lecturer, Technological Education Institute of Athens, Faculty of Graphic Arts and Design (teaching BA courses at the Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art and the Department of Graphics). September 2002- October 2004: Curator - Art Historian, Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Museological Research, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Education and Directorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments, Department of Exhibitions, Hellenic Ministry of Culture. August 2000-September 2002: Conservator - Art Historian, Directorate of Conservation of Antiquities, Hellenic Ministry of Culture. (carrying out studies concerning the state of preservation and conservation of byzantine monuments and works of art, organizing a library specialized in conservation and the new publication department of the Directorate). October 1997-July 2002: Assistant to the librarian, Bibliothèque Byzantine-Fonds Thomas Whittemore, Collège de France, Paris. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP September 2008-November 2008: Stanley J. Seeger Visiting Research Fellowship in Princeton University, Program in Hellenic Studies. Research project: Tradition versus innovation. The evolution of icons in areas under Venetian rule, 15 th -18 th c. A comparative examination. 2
SCORLARSHIPS 1995-1997: 2 years full scholarship for doctoral studies, Alexander S. Onassis Foundation 1994-1995: 1 year full scholarship for post-graduate studies (D.E.A.), Leventis Foundation 1993-1994: 1 year full scholarship for the Maîtrise Diploma, Alexander S. Onassis Foundation. INTERNSHIP April-June 1993: On site wall-painting conservation, Internship in the Courtauld Institute of Art, Conservation of Wall Painting Department, University of London (Monagri Monastery, Cyprus). PUBLICATIONS I. Scientific Publications and Conference Proceedings Από την Κρητική στην Επτανησιακή Σχολή. Ζακυνθινά θωράκια και αφιερωματικές εικόνες: όψεις της εξέλιξης της θρησκευτικής ζωγραφικής στα Επτάνησα (1670-1830)», Πεπραγμένα I Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου [trans. From the Cretan to the Heptanesian School. Thorakia of Zakynthos, Ex Votos and other aspects of post-byzantine icon in the Ionian islands, Proceedings of the 10th Congress of Cretan Studies], Chania 2011, t. B3, 13-32. «Une création post-byzantine ; L archange Michel victorieux et psychopompe» [trans. Archangel Michael victorious and psychopompos ; creation of a post-byzantine type ], Zograf, t. 33, 2009, 145-158. «L Arbre de Jessé avec la Vierge et ses parents : création et contenu dogmatique d une icône d Emmanuel Tzanès à l Institut Hellénique de Venise» [trans. The tree of Jesse with the Virgin and her parents: Creation and dogmatic content of Emmanuel Tzanes icon in the Hellenic Institute of Venice ], Δελτίον της Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, t. 29, Athens 2008, 159-168. «Θωράκια τέμπλων και αναθηματικές εικόνες στα Επτάνησα (17 ος -18 ος αι.) Από τη λατρευτική εικόνα στον θρησκευτικό πίνακα: Ιδεολογικές και κοινωνικές προεκτάσεις» [trans. Thorakia and Ex-votos in the Ionian islands. From votive icon to religious easel painting: ideological and social correlates ], Archaiologia 103, June 2007, 77-83. «Από την Κρητική στην Επτανησιακή Σχολή. Μετάβαση από τη λατρευτική εικόνα στον θρησκευτικό πίνακα» [trans. From the Cretan to the Heptanesian School. Transition from votive icon to religious easel painting ], Archaiologia 99, June 2006, 48-54. «Παρατηρήσεις σε ένα ζωγραφικό σύνολο του Εμμανουήλ Τζάνε Μπουνιαλή», Πεπραγμένα Θ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου [trans. Observations on a group of icons of Emmanuel Tzanes Bouniales, Proceedings of the 9th Congress of Cretan Studies], Heraklion 2004, 281-296. II. Papers and οther Publications «Τα Μεσόγεια κατά τους Χριστιανικούς χρόνους», Πράσινος Περίπατος σε Βυζαντινά Μνημεία των Μεσογείων, [trans. The Mesogea Area in Attica during the Christian Era, Eco Journeys 2012] 3
Πράσινες Πολιτιστικές Διαδρομές 2012, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Athens 2012, 3-6. Similarities between votive Icons and latin Ex-votos, mid 17 th -mid 18 th c. (in french), 22 nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies. Abstracts of the 22 nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies. Sofia, University of Sofia "St.Kliment Ohridski", 22-27 August 2011, Vol. III, Abstracts of Communications, Sofia 2011, 385. «Η μεταβυζαντινή τέχνη», Κ. Παπαρηγόπουλου, Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους στην κοινή νεοελληνική γλώσσα, [trans. Post Byzantine Art, in K. Paparigopoulos, History of the Hellenic Nation], new edition: Athens 2009-2010, National Geographic ed., t. 18 (1453-1800), 92-111. Tradition versus innovation in post-byzantine icons in the Ionian islands, mid 17 th -mid 18 th c. (in Greek), paper delivered in the 7 th Congress of Byzantinists of Greece and Cyprus, (Abstract published in the Περιλήψεις Ανακοινώσεων, Ζ Συνάντηση Bυζαντινολόγων Ελλάδας και Κύπρου), September 2007, University of Komotini. Ex-votos: the secularisation of icon in Crete and Ionian islands. 17 th -18 th c. (in french), Proceedings of the 21 st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London 21-26 August 2006, Vol III, Abstracts of Communications, London 2006, 54. The icon of Saint John Climacus of Emmanuel Tzanes at the Hellenic Institute of Venice (in Greek) paper delivered in the 3 rd Congress of Byzantinists of Greece and Cyprus, September 2000, (Rethymnon-Crete, Greece), (Abstract published in the Περιλήψεις Ανακοινώσεων, Γ Συνάντηση Bυζαντινολόγων Ελλάδας και Κύπρου, Rethymno 2002, 125-126). The theological background of a group of icons of Emmanuel Tzanes (in French), paper delivered in the 20 th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, August 2001, (Paris, France), (abstract published in the Pré-actes, vol. III, 373). Representation of the saints in the painted work of Emmanuel Tzanes. Iconographical observation and ideological background (in Greek) conference held in the 21 st Symposium of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies, May 2001, (Athens, Greece), (abstract published in the Περιλήψεις Ανακοινώσεων, 21 ο Συμπόσιο Βυζαντινής και Μεταβυζαντινής Αρχαιολογίας και Τέχνης). Περίληψη της διδακτορικής διατριβής της Ειρήνης Λεοντακιανάκου, Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο, Κέντρο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών, [trans. Abstract of the PhD thesis of Irene Leontakianakos, Report of the Center of Neo-Hellenic Studies, National Research Institute, Greece], Athens 2000, 79-80. A Radical Transformation in Icon Painting in the Ionian islands (c. 1670- c. 1750). The examples of votive icons and thorakia, conference held in Princeton University, Program in Hellenic Studies, November 2008. SKILLS Languages: Fluent in French and English. Reading knowledge of Italian. Elementary knowledge of German. 4
Computing: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point), MGI Photo Suite 8.05, PhotoShop, Internet. 5