WARRIOR SAINTS AT NEREZI – THE SELECTION OF FIGURES AND OTHER REMARKS ON THEIR ICONOGRAPHY

The paper deals with the figures of warrior saints in the nave of the Church of St. Panteleimon in Nerezi. Within this group of saints, in addition to the most famous, easily recognizable ones, there are also those warriors on the identity of which scholars have expressed different opinions. Based o...

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Published inZbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta Vol. 2022; no. 59; pp. 211 - 249
Main Author Zivkovic, Milos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vizantološki institut SANU 2022
Institute for Byzantine Studies - Serbian Academy of Sciences And Arts
Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Subjects
12th century
6th to 12th Centuries
byzantine art
Fine Arts / Performing Arts
History
History of Art
iconography
Middle Ages
nerezi
wall painting
warrior saints
wall painting
12th century
iconography
Byzantine art
Nerezi
warrior saints
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Summary:The paper deals with the figures of warrior saints in the nave of the Church of St. Panteleimon in Nerezi. Within this group of saints, in addition to the most famous, easily recognizable ones, there are also those warriors on the identity of which scholars have expressed different opinions. Based on the iconographic analysis, the depictions of the saints in question are identified in the article. The figures of some military saints in Nerezi are also analyzed in the broader context of their representation in the art of the Byzantine cultural sphere. In addition to the above, attention is paid to the specific way of grouping the Nerezi warriors, as well as to two different iconographic models of depicting its members.
ISSN:0584-9888
2406-0917
DOI:10.2298/ZRVI2259211Z