▁also ▁well ▁known . ▁ ▁Angel os ▁Ak ot ant os , ▁until ▁recently ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁conserv ative ▁painter ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁is ▁now , ▁after ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁a ▁will ▁dated ▁ 1 4 3 6 , ▁seen ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁an ▁innov ative ▁artist ▁in ▁f using ▁By z antine ▁and ▁Western ▁styles , ▁who ▁surv ived ▁until ▁about ▁ 1 4 5 7 , ▁when ▁the ▁will ▁was ▁actually ▁registered . ▁ ▁The ▁will ▁was ▁made ▁in ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁a ▁voyage ▁to ▁Constantin ople ; ▁several ▁icons ▁were ▁be que athed ▁to ▁church ▁institutions , ▁some ▁Catholic ▁but ▁mainly ▁Orth odox , ▁and ▁the ▁disposition ▁of ▁his ▁stock ▁of ▁pattern ▁draw ings ▁was ▁carefully ▁specified . ▁Andreas ▁Pav ias ▁( d . ▁after ▁ 1 5 0 4 ) ▁and ▁his ▁pup il ▁Angel os ▁B iz aman os , ▁and ▁Nicholas ▁T za fur is ▁( d . ▁before ▁ 1 5 0 1 ) ▁were ▁other ▁leading ▁artists . ▁ ▁Even ▁before ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁Constantin ople ▁there ▁is ▁evidence ▁that ▁leading ▁By z antine ▁artists ▁were ▁leaving ▁the ▁capital ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁sett le ▁in ▁Cre te . ▁The ▁migration ▁of ▁By z antine ▁artists ▁to ▁Cre te ▁continued ▁increasing ly ▁the ▁next ▁years ▁and ▁reached ▁its ▁peak ▁after ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁Constantin ople ▁in ▁ 1 4 5 3 , ▁when ▁Cre te ▁became ▁" the ▁most ▁important ▁centre ▁of ▁art ▁in ▁the ▁Greek ▁world ", ▁influen cing