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Painted church facades in byzantine and "Post-Byzantine" art and their aesthetics

dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Archaeology and History of Art
dc.contributor.kuauthorJevtic, Ivana
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T11:45:21Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractAlthough painted church facades represent long tradition, attested in different regions of the Byzantine world, they have not been recognized as a widespread phenomenon. Scholars, like SlobodanĆurčić, stressed the necessity to re-examine Byzantine architectural aesthetics in the light of such evidence. Nevertheless, exterior paintings are not yet treated as an integral part of the decorative fabric of buildings. The main problem lies certainly in the scarcity and fragility of the archaeological data that needs to be recorded and collected more systematically. The aim of this article is to draw attention to this issue, most particularly for the Late and Post-Byzantine periods. It discusses several relevant examples of painted facades, the choice of depicted motives (both ornamental and figurative) and their display on particular parts of the building with intention to question the sources and meanings of that artistic practice. Spurred by the growing interest in non-textual aspects of painted inscriptions, this article reconsiders the place of painted decorations in the adornment of exterior walls and the impact such aesthetic had on the appearance of Byzantine churches and their beholders.
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dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
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dc.description.versionPublisher version
dc.description.volume9
dc.identifier.doi10.18688/AA199-2-28
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dc.identifier.filenameinventorynoIR02361
dc.identifier.issn2312-2129
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dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85089384789
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18688/AA199-2-28
dc.keywordsBalkans
dc.keywordsByzantine architecture
dc.keywordsChurch facades
dc.keywordsConstantinople
dc.keywordsExterior painted decoration
dc.keywordsLate Byzantine art
dc.keywordsPost-Byzantine art
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSaint Petersburg State University
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dc.relation.ispartofActual Problems of Theory and History of Art
dc.relation.urihttp://cdm21054.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IR/id/8997
dc.subjectByzantine
dc.subjectArt
dc.titlePainted church facades in byzantine and "Post-Byzantine" art and their aesthetics
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