Two Painted Objects of Liturgical Furniture from the Church of Topârcea Village Cover Image
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Two Painted Objects of Liturgical Furniture from the Church of Topârcea Village

Author(s): Ioan Ovidiu Abrudan, Cristina Maria Dăneasă
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Preservation
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: ecclesiastic furniture; analogion; proskynetarion; Popa Ivan the Young from Răşinari, old paint from Transylvania; conservation; minimal intervention; restoration;

Summary/Abstract: The painter Ioan from Poiana worked in the first half of 19th century, especially in villages from Mărginimea Sibiului area. His works includes both wall paintings in fresco and tempera on wood. In case of polychrome wood objects or icons, the painter can be singled out by decoration with metallic leaf (gold or silver) of carved decorations, translucent glassies, byzantine drawings sketched directly on metallic leaf, consistent colours for carnation. In this article we tried to summarize the artist’s activity and his approached style regarding the wooden pieces identified in Sibiu County. Many of these have been restored in the Conservation and Restoration Department of Orthodox Archiepiscopy in collaboration with the Department of Lucian Blaga University of History, Heritage and Protestant Theology from Sibiu. The article follows the conservation and restoration process and the special approach in this case of a signed and dated piece preserved in the church from Poiana village, locality where the author probably comes from.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: XVIII
  • Page Range: 243 - 264
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Romanian