Recepcja i swoistość. Bułgarskie malarstwo ikonowe od IX do XII wieku
Reception and specificity. Bulgarian icon painting from the 9th to the 12th century

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the specificity of early Bulgarian icon art; the determined largely by tradition of canon and Byzantine dogmatic, but revealing the elements and features specifically Bulgarian. The time frame – from the 9th century (christianization of Bulgaria) to the 12th century (announcement of independence and establishment of the second Bulgarian state) – include the primary and pivotal moment in the history of Bulgarian icon painting; conditioning the iconographic constitution and the further development of the Bulgarian icon. Therefore, in the article it was also taken into account the centuries preceding the baptism of Bulgaria, indicating the specific coexistence of pagan Proto-Bulgarian art, eclectic art of tribes inhabiting Thrace, and Christian art present in the lands of the future Bulgarian state since the 4th century.

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