The Programmatic Context of the Portraits of Serbian nobility at the Time of the Nemanjić Dinasty
The Programmatic Context of the Portraits of Serbian nobility at the Time of the Nemanjić Dinasty

Summary/Abstract: Portraits of nobility were thoughtfully incorporated into the thematic programme of medieval churches and brought into connection with the representations of patrons, religious compositions, and portraits of contemporaries. Special attention was paid to the custom of joining portraits of noblemen with the figures of sovereigns and ecclesiastical dignitaries in endowments by the members of the nobility. This can be connected to certain older examples of Byzantine art, as well as the ones of that time. In addition, some of the solutions preserved in Serbian painting are unusual and unique in the art of medieval Eastern Christian countries, which indicates the special place of Serbian aristocratic portraiture within Byzantine art and the countries under its cultural influence.

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