ІКОНОГРАФІЯ ПРОРОЧОГО ЯРУСУ ІКОНОСТАСІВ РИБОТИЦЬКИХ МАЙСТРІВ (1680–1760-І РР.)
PROPHETIC TIER ICONOGRAPHY OF THE RYBOTYCHI MASTERS ICONOSTASES (1680–1760)

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to consider the iconography of the prophetic tier of 1680–1760s iconostases done by the masters of the church art center in Rybotychi (Nadsiannia, Poland) in the context of its content in the Western Ukrainian iconostases of the second half of the 17th – the beginning of the 18th century. Methodology. The research uses methods of iconographic and iconological analysis, reconstruction, and semiotics. The scientific novelty of the article is that for the first time attention has been paid to the theme of the prophetic tier of the Rybotychi masters iconostases which is considered in the semantic context of the Ukrainian iconography of the Virgin with praise from the 15th – 16th centuries and the representation of the prophets in the Western Ukrainian iconostases of the 17th – early 18th century.

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