Albania's Byzantine And PosT-Byzantine Icons

The author Ylli Drishti (born in Tirana 1953) graduated in 1976 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, Albania, specializing in monumental painting. As part of a wider group of artists and designers he has worked in various important projects such as, designing the interior spaces of the National Museum "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu", Kruje, Albania, 1980 1982, and in 1986-1987 the Historical Museum of Lushnja, Albania From 1982 to 1995 he worked as a restorer of artworks in the Institute of Cultural Monuments, in Tirana. Drishti has lectured, written and pub lished many articles and reports on the subject of the restoration of Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons and frescoes. Further specialized studies in Greece and France on the subject have established him as a distinct voice in this field in Albania. He has published many books as co-author, the most important being "Kostandin Shpataraku - A Bi ography", Mantova, Italy, 1992; "20th century Albanian Artists - Bi ographies" Tirana, 1999; "Ibrahim Kodra" Tirana, 2004; "The Icons of Berat", Tirana, 2003; "Albanian Artists in the Italian Art Academies" Tirana, 2005. As a single author he has published "The Albanian Icon" Rimini, Italy, 2000; "The Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Icon in Alba nia", first edition, Tirana, 2003; several editions of the catalogue rai sonné "Bashkim Ahmeti" (Tirana, 2004, 2007, 2016); "National Mu seum Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg", Kruja (2012); "Agron Hoti" (2015); "Fadil Pullumbi" (2017); "Janaq Paço" (2019); "100 years of Tirana in painting" (2020): "Arti i Ikonografisë në Shqipëri" (2021) etc.