Bound to the Column: Antichrist Iconography in the Last Judgement Scenes in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary
Bound to the Column: Antichrist Iconography in the Last Judgement Scenes in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary
Author(s): Mihnea Alexandru MihailSubject(s): Visual Arts, 13th to 14th Centuries, History of Art
Published by: NEW EUROPE COLLEGE - Institute for Advanced Studies
Keywords: wall paintings; iconography; Antichrist; demon; column; Last Judgment; Leles; Poprad; Hussite; reformation; Kingdom of Hungary;
Summary/Abstract: This study aims to investigate the relationship between visual culture and theological disputes during the pre‑Hussite and Hussite eras. By looking at fourteenth‑century Last Judgment scenes from the Hungarian Kingdom that contain an image of a demon bound to the column inside Leviathan’s jaws, I analyze the connections between this figure and the eschatological and Antichrist‑ related discourse used by both Church representatives and preachers of the Reformation in Bohemia.
Journal: New Europe College Stefan Odobleja Program Yearbook
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 2021+22
- Page Range: 163-200
- Page Count: 39
- Language: English