Skip to content
1882
Volume 10, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1846-8551
  • E-ISSN: 2507-041X

Abstract

Abstract

This study is focused on a prominent topic from both medieval and modern Christian iconography, found in the Catholic, as well as in the Orthodox world. From the works of Giotto (1304-1306), Duccio di Buoninsegna (1308-1311), Fra Angelico (1451-1452) to those of Martin Schongauer (1488-1491) and Albrecht Dürer (1495-1496), until Caravaggio (1597) and Murillo (1650), the subject made its way towards entering the paradigm of the greatest universal sacred artworks. For the current analysis, based on the field research conducted during several years in Romanian Orthodox churches, I chose to concentrate on the painted edifices of the 18th-19th centuries that were at the time part of Wallachia. In Eastern Europe, the predefined recommendations from post-Byzantine painting manuals sometimes created confusion about the type of composition. Thus many Romanian painters were unclear if the scene should be placed in the narthex or in the porch, as part of the or of another iconographic sequence. The current article aims to examine the artists’ motivations and to identify patterns generated by painting handbooks. This analysis also searches for connections between canonical and apocryphal Gospels in the above-mentioned geographical area and time span. The perspective will be a comparative one, bringing face to face the important representations of the subject from modern Romanian culture, in parallel with medieval Romanian patterns and examples from Greek, Macedonian, and Serbian art. The solutions imagined by these artists in solving iconographical and stylistic challenges will also be inquired into. Finally, I will explore the significance behind the theophoric image of Mary, the bearer of Christ, as is highlighted in the providential journey to Egypt, the types of relations with other characters from the visual composition (Jesus, St Joseph, the angel, St James the Less), as well as the connections of the Flight into Egypt topic with other scenes, part of the from Wallachian Orthodox art.

Abstract

Ovaj tekst obrađuje istaknutu temu iz srednjovjekovne i moderne kršćanske ikonografije u katoličkom i pravoslavnom

korpusu. Od djela Giotta (1304-1306), Duccia (1308-1311), Fra Angelica (1451-1452), Martina Schongauera (1488-1491) i Albrechta Dürera (1495-1496), pa do Caravaggia (1597) i Murilla (1650), ova je tema pronašla svoj put kao paradigma najve- ćih sakralnih djela. Za ovaj su rad, nastao kao rezultat istraživanja na terenu provedenih tijekom nekoliko godina u rumunj- skim pravoslavnim crkvama, odabrane zidne slike crkava iz 18. i 19. stoljeća, koje su u to vrijeme bile na teritoriju Vlaške. U istočnoj su Europi, unaprijed definirane norme prikaza iz post-Bizantskih slikarskih priručnika, stvarale ponekad zabunu kod određenja tipa kompozicije. Tako su mnogi rumunjski slikari bili u nedoumici treba li scene postavljati u narteks ili trijem, kao dio Blaženoj Djevici ili nekog drugog ikonografskog programa. Ovaj rad ima za cilj proučiti umjetnikove motivacije te identificirati modele nastale prema slikarskom priručniku. Ova analiza, također, traži poveznicu između kanonskih i apo- krifnih evanđelja u prikazima na spomenutom zemljopisnom području i u navedenom vremenskom razdoblju. U radu se ko- risti komparativna metodologija istraživanog sadržaja na izabranim značajnim primjerima moderne rumunjske umjetnosti u usporedbi sa srednjovjekovnim rumunjskim djelima i primjerima iz grčke, makedonske i srpske umjetnosti. Na koncu će se istražiti značaj teoforijskog prikaza Marije kao Kristove nositeljice, kako je istaknuto u providencijalnom putovanju u Egipat, odnosi između likova u vizualnoj kompoziciji (Krist, Sveti Josip, anđeo, Sveti Jakov Mlađi) te povezanost teme Bijega u Egipats drugim temama, dijelovima marijanskog ciklusa iz vlaške pravoslavne umjetnosti.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1484/J.IKON.4.2017026
2017-01-01
2025-12-06

Metrics

Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/content/journals/10.1484/J.IKON.4.2017026
Loading
  • Article Type: Research Article
This is a required field.
Please enter a valid email address.
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An error occurred.
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error:
Please enter a valid_number test
aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnJlcG9sc29ubGluZS5uZXQv