Wood-carved Crucifixes of National Revival Iconostases from Southwestern Bulgaria. 𝐴 𝑆𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 Cover Image

Дърворезбовани венчилки на възрожденски иконостаси от Югозападна България. Семантичен анализ
Wood-carved Crucifixes of National Revival Iconostases from Southwestern Bulgaria. 𝐴 𝑆𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠

Author(s): Vasil Markov
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Customs / Folklore, Visual Arts, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy, History of Art
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: cultural heritage; wood carving; iconostasis; symbols; semantics

Summary/Abstract: This article is the result of many years of research on National Revival Christian churches from Southwestern Bulgaria, part of which are unknown or little known to modern science. It provides a semantic analysis of the symbols in the artistic carvings. Both the cultural-historical stratifications and the influence of folk culture on the investigated artistic images are analyzed.

  • Issue Year: 7/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-27
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English, Bulgarian