Based on artworks lent by various public cultural bodies in Thessaloniki and Athonite monasteries, the exhibition showcases the artistic fruits that have arisen from the need felt by their creators to record the spiritual and aesthetic values that have been cultivated on Mount Athos for centuries. Byzantium – which has, to say the least, been underrated by Western scholars – has provided answers to issues concerning not only the revival of icon painting but also the need for morphoplastic solutions felt by those seeking the truth about the language of painting.