FEMALE DONATION AND REPRESENTATION IN SERBIAN MEDIEVAL VISUAL CULTURE: QUEEN AND EMPRESS JELENA (C. 1330 – 1376)
FEMALE DONATION AND REPRESENTATION IN SERBIAN MEDIEVAL VISUAL CULTURE: QUEEN AND EMPRESS JELENA (C. 1330 – 1376)
Author(s): Svetlana Smolčić MakuljevićSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Sociology, Middle Ages, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: female donation; representation; visual culture; medieval Serbia; Queen and Empress Jelena;
Summary/Abstract: Female donation and representation are an important part of Serbian medieval visual culture. This paper explores the donation and representation of queen and empress Jelena in Serbian visual culture. It points to the mechanisms of presence and visibility of Jelena in the life of medieval Serbia by way of her participation in political matters of the state, her participation in the creation of visual culture, donations she made as a female ruler along with her husband, her visual portraits in monumental fresco painting, as well as her erection of endowments during Emperor Dušan’s lifetime.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 599-628
- Page Count: 30
- Language: English
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