Anna Zakharova, Svetlana Mal’tseva Byzantium as Christian Antiquity

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Title Byzantium as Christian Antiquity
Author email zakharova@inbox.ru
About author Zakharova, Anna Vladimirovna — Ph. D., head lecturer, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation. zakharova@inbox.ru Mal’tseva, Svetlana Vladislavovna — head lecturer. Saint Petersburg State University. Universitetskaia nab., 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. s.maltseva@spbu.ru
In the section Classical Legacy in the Art of Byzantine Oikoumene and Beyond DOI10.18688/aa155-2-17
Year 2015 Volume 5 Pages 176–187
Type of article RAR Index UDK 7.033.2 Index BBK 85.11; 85.14
Abstract

 The article is focused on the problem of the relations between art of Classical antiquity and that of Byzantium. On the one hand, it is evident that the latter is the successor to the former. On the other hand, it is clear that the latter is quite different, sometimes opposite to the former. Throughout the 20th century scholars dealt with this issue differently. The authors of this article align with the approach that considers the Byzantine millennium as the continuation of Classical tradition spiritually enriched by Christianity. This study shows how some Classical architectural and iconographic models were preserved and gradually transformed into a new artistic system that was able to adequately embody new religious contents.
Keywords
Reference Anna Zakharova, Svetlana Mal’tseva. Byzantium as Christian Antiquity. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 5. Eds: Svetlana V. Maltseva, Ekaterina Yu. Stanyukovich-Denisova, Anna V. Zakharova. St. Petersburg, NP-Print Publ., 2015, pp. 176–187. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa155-2-17
Publication Article language russian
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