THE IMAGE OF HORSES IN THE EASTERN EUROPEAN TRADITION OF ICON PAINTING SUMMARY Cover Image

Наброски к классификации изображения коней в восточно-европейской традиции иконописания
THE IMAGE OF HORSES IN THE EASTERN EUROPEAN TRADITION OF ICON PAINTING SUMMARY

Author(s): Anna N. Goroholinskaya
Subject(s): Photography, Visual Arts, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: icon; classification; semantics; horse; mentality; orthodox religion

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the peculiarities of the image of the horses in the iconographic plots. The author outlined the main ways to classify these animals in the Eastern European tradition of icon painting. The division of horses depends on the relationship and environment (transcendent or immanent) in which they have been depicted on the icons. Conducted a series of semantic parallels that demonstrate mapping latent connections (orthodox religion and national perception) in the iconography XII-XVIII centuries.

  • Issue Year: 54/2017
  • Issue No: 54
  • Page Range: 349-360
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English, Russian, Polish