Coco, Dimce (Ohrid, 10. ⅹ 1910 – Skopje, 17. 1993) – The first Macedonian art historian, academician, dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. He studied the art history group at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. After graduation, before the Second World War he taught in secondary schools in several cities. As a teacher at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje since his formation (1946), Dimce Koco founded the Art History Group, where he worked until his retirement. He dealt with the study of the medieval art of Macedonia, before the S “of the frescoes, and realized significant archaeological research. In science, he suffered a lasting place with the excavations of Clement’s church “St. Panteleimon “in Ohrid, based on the results published in 1948. He also performed excavations in the monastery “St. Naum Ohridski “and the church” St. Fifteen Strumica Martyrs “in Strumica. In the domain of fresco painting, its results of the research of the Church “St. Nicholas “in the village. Monastery (Mariovo), “St. Nikola Toplets “(Demir Hisar), as well as other monuments from the medieval and the delimendant period in Macedonia. The science accepted his studies of Trerkon Churches, then for the reconstruction of the church “St. Sofia “in Ohrid (especially for the existence of a dome in the older construction), for the dating of the church” St. The Virgin Chelica “in Ohrid, etc. In 1969 been elected as a member of MANU. He was a member of Deutsches Archaosches Institute (Reminzch-Germanisjeche Comsision) in Frankfurt of Main and Donor Honoris Casusa at the University of Bezanson. Dimce Koco: Three heads, tapestry (1978) BIB.: Clement’s monastery “St. Panteleimon “and the magnification of” Imature “in Ohrid, GZFF, 1, Skopje, 1948, 129-180; Church St. Sofia in Ohrid, GZFF, 2, Skopje, 1949, 341-358; Several new data on medieval monuments in Macedonia, “messenger of the museum-conservation company of Macedonia”, and / 2, Skopje, 1954, 7-22; Nouwellers Consideratioti Sur L’eglise de Saxi-Soco à Ohrid, Arzhaeologia IUGOSLAJJA, ⅱ, Belgrade, 1956, 139-144; D. Coco, P. Miljkovic-ash, Monastery, Skopje, 1958; Trimedhal churches in Clement’s time, Slavic literacy – 1050th anniversary of Kliment Ohridski, Ohrid, 1966, 91-100; New data on the history of Clement’s monastery St. Panteleimon in Ohrid, GZFF, 19, Skopje, 1967, 245-255; Attachment to the studies of the Bregalnica Bishopric, Svetozara Radojka, Belgrade, 1969, 155-160; Virgin Chelica, Proceedings -. Boskovy, “Olderly”, ⅹⅹ, Belgrade, 1970, 171-179; D. Coco, P. Miljkovic-ash, B. Aleksova, the first results of archaeological excavations at the site of Sts. 15 Martyrs in Strumica – 1972, “Fine Art”, 1, Skopje, 1973, 43-44. Lit.: K. Petrov, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Professor Dimce Koco, a ruler dedicated to Dimce Koco, Skopje, 1975, 11-16. Cv. Gr. Kocani
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