Saint Sisoes Above The Grave Of Alexander The Great. A Monastic Theme Of Post-Byzantine Art And Its Examples From The 17th Century Serbian Painting Cover Image

Свети Сисоје над гробом Александра Великог. Једна монашка тема поствизантијске уметности и њени примери у српском сликарству XVII века
Saint Sisoes Above The Grave Of Alexander The Great. A Monastic Theme Of Post-Byzantine Art And Its Examples From The 17th Century Serbian Painting

Subject(s): History
Published by: Vizantološki institut SANU
Keywords: St. Sisoes; Alexander the Great; Serbian art of the 17th century; „the remembrance of death“; postbyzantine iconography

Summary/Abstract: The depiction of St. Sisoes above the grave of Alexander the Great was formulated at the end of the 15th century. The image in question is a visual interpretation of a short song («I see you, grave»), and it was often painted in the churches throughout the Balkans during the next two centuries. With references to the textual basis of this iconographic theme, as well as its meaning, the article is devoted to insuffi ciently studied Serbian examples of frescoes of St. Sisoes above Alexander’s tomb, preserved on the walls of several churches painted in the fi rst half of the 17th century.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 50/2
  • Page Range: 913-940
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Serbian