Saint Sisoès se lamentant sur la tombe d’Alexandre le Grand: Un motif iconographique connu dans tout le monde balkanique
Saint Sisoes Lamenting at the Tomb of Alexander the Great: A Well-Known Iconographic Motif Throughout the Balkan World
Author(s): Cristina BogdanSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, History of Church(es), Visual Arts, Middle Ages, Modern Age, Theology and Religion, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, History of Art
Published by: Herlo Verlag UG
Keywords: religious iconography; the Astonishment of St. Sisoes; Balkan Peninsula; post-Byzantine churches;
Summary/Abstract: The present study addresses the way in which church painters in the Balkans and Romania have imagined and depicted, in religious iconography (frescoes and icons), the scene of Saint Sisoes contemplating the open tomb of Alexander the Great (The Astonishment of Saint Sisoes). Bibliographic research has been accompanied by numerous on-site investigations, to identify in situ the respective depictions and examine their placement within the ecclesial space, and the consistency of their inclusion in a particular hagiographic discourse, as well as the present condition of these art works. The study is accompanied by a catalogue of the representations identified during the author’s on-site research, a catalogue to be expanded through future investigations.
Journal: Études byzantines et post-byzantines
- Issue Year: 4/2022
- Issue No: XI
- Page Range: 303-330
- Page Count: 28
- Language: French
