MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS IN TRANSYLVANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCHES. ICONOGRAPHIC SUBJECTS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Pret:

Lei

“[...] The research started from the premise that at least some of the wall paintings reflect the special social, political, and religious situation of the donors as knezes and Orthodox (Greek-rite) Christians in the Hungarian kingdom. Topics have been selected from the paintings of eight churches: the church of St. George in Streisangeorgiu (Hu. Sztrigyszentgyörgy), the church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Strei (Hu. Zeykfalva), the church of St. Nicholas in Densus (Hu. Demsus), the church of St. Nicholas in Lesnic (Hu. Lesnyek/Lesnek), the Reformed church in Santamaria Orlea (Hu. Őraljaboldogfalva), the church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Criscior (Hu. Kristyor), the church of St. Nicholas in Ribita (Hu. Ribice), and the church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Halmagiu (Hu. Nagyhalmágy). The churches were situated in two neighboring medieval counties – Hunyad, in the Transylvanian voivodate, and Zaránd – and the paintings date from the fourteenth and fifteenth cen

Cărți Arta

Cărți Stiinte

Cărți Stiinte Umaniste