Search - The Actual Problems of History and Theory of Art

1. Reversing the Perspective: The Debate about the Space of the Icon and the Renaissance Icon of the Space: (2015 Theory of Art); Silvia Pedone University of Salento, Italy Through a re-reading of the positions of the major figures of the art historical and theoretical debate about the problem of the pictorial representation ...; Created on 02 January 2016
2. The Iconography of Securitas in Chartres Cathedral: (2015 Artistic Culture and Cult); Evgeny Danilov P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Russia The thirteenth-century Chartres cathedral is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. It is known primarily for its towers, stained-glass ...; Created on 02 January 2016
3. The Iconography of the Last Supper in the Light of Christian Ontology and Anthropology: (2015 Artistic Culture and Cult); Sofia Yusim Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, Russia The article examines major milestones of formation of iconography of The Last Supper (from early Christian catacombs to the 20th century) ...; Created on 02 January 2016
4. Rhythm and Metaphor in the Context of Theological and Aesthetic Analysis of Icons: (2015 Artistic Culture and Cult); Oksana Gubareva Jewelry company «Akimov», Russia An icon shows metaphorical forms of thinking. A metaphor is an ontologic basis of creation of a meaning, the process which is initiated in depths ...; Created on 02 January 2016
5. Ecclesiastical Architecture as Anthropological Theology: Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Novodevichy Convent of Holy Resurrection, Saint Petersburg: (2015 Artistic Culture and Cult); Galina Skotnikova Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, Russia The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, constructed in St. Petersburg upon the project of an outstanding ...; Created on 02 January 2016
6. Russian Icon Painting at the Turn of the 20th Century and the Modern Style: (2015 Russian Art ca. 1700–1900); Alexandra Radushevskaya Saint Petersburg State University, Russia Russian icon painting of the modern era has not been researched for a long time because of historical and economic reasons, ...; Created on 02 January 2016
7. Portrait of Sarah Eleonora Fairmore by Ivan Vishnyakov: To the Question of Iconography: (2015 Russian Art ca. 1700–1900); Iuliia Chezhina Saint Petersburg State University, Russia The 18th century in Russian art may be called the epoch of portrait-painting. This very genre marked by strong interest in personality ...; Created on 02 January 2016
8. The Image of the Last Judgment in the Gothic Monumental Sculpture of the 13th Century: Evolution of the Theme and Regional Specificity of Iconographical Interpretation: (2015 Western Medieval Art); ... of France, Germany, Spain and England, with the aim to: • Identify common and specific features of the development of narrative and iconographic programmes; • Study how the historical and sociocultural ...; Created on 02 January 2016
9. Tuscan Icons of the 13th Century and Byzantine Prototypes. Style as a Distance: (2015 Western Medieval Art); ... icons) has significantly increased the number of monuments of this period. At the beginning of the century, icons in Tuscany were often copies of imported art, such as small relief images and miniatures. ...; Created on 02 January 2016
10. Between Persia and Europe: Iconographic Tradition of St. Anastasius of Persia in the Tre Fontane Abbey in Rome: (2015 Western Medieval Art); Jana Michalcakova Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic The paper is dedicated to the relics of the head of St. Anastasius of Persia, housed, according ...; Created on 02 January 2016
11. The Iconostasis of the Dormition Cathedral of the Holy Trinity — St. Sergius Lavra: History of the study, Problems and Discoveries: (2015 Old Russian Art); ... bigger in size. There have been two iconostases in the history of this stately church. The first one was a tyablo iconostasis, which existed until late 17th — early 18th century (?) according to different ...; Created on 02 January 2016
12. The Veneration and Iconographic Features of St. Christopher in the Russian Art of the Late Middle Ages: (2015 Old Russian Art); ... and thus avoid trouble. The image of St. Christopher appeared in Russia only in the middle of the 16th century and became widespread in the monumental and icon painting. He was portrayed in a typical ...; Created on 02 January 2016
13. The Virgin of Passion in Russian Tradition: Actualization of Iconography in Cross-Cultural Context: (2015 Old Russian Art); Irina Kulakova Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia The paper examines one of the revered in Orthodoxy types of icons of the Virgin — the Virgin of Passion. The theme of the Arma Christi ...; Created on 02 January 2016
14. The Western European Sources and the Meaning of the Iconography “Christ the Great Hierarch with the Crucifix”: On the Problem of the Multiple Images of Christ: (2015 Old Russian Art); Polina Maier The University of Wurzburg, Germany This paper explores the problem of the iconographical borrowings in the late Russian icon painting. The study intends to reveal the sources ...; Created on 02 January 2016
15. The Icon of St. Euthymios of Suzdal from the Hilandar Monastery: (2015 Old Russian Art); Miloŝ Živković University of Belgrade; Institute for Byzantine studies of Serbian academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia Several very valuable Russian icons are kept in the treasury of the Hilandar ...; Created on 02 January 2016
16. “Gnadenstuhl” on the Four-part Icon — a Western Influence?: (2015 Old Russian Art); Agnes Kriza University of Cambridge, Great Britain Western iconographic adoptions of Russian icons are exceptionally rare up until the 16th century. The famous Four-part icon of the Kremlin ...; Created on 02 January 2016
17. The Old Testament Iconography of the South Door of the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral in Suzdal and Literary Tradition of the Pre-Mongol Rus’: (2015 Old Russian Art); Anna Manukian The private cultural institution “The Museum of the Russian Icon”, Russia The figurative cycle of the south door of the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral in Suzdal, created between ...; Created on 02 January 2016
18. The Problem of the Iconography of the Virgin’s Images with the Inscription “Н ПЕРΙВΛЕПТОС”: (2015 Eastern Christian Art); ... Peribleptos, reflected in the research literature, is contradictory. There is no detailed and comprehensive analysis of these artworks. The term “Peribleptos” is often used as an iconographic type, not ...; Created on 02 January 2016
19. Mosaics of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki: Problems of Iconography and Style: (2015 Eastern Christian Art); ... of Constantinopolitan masters. Some iconographical details of the mosaics reveal close connections with Constantinople (a form of the Pantocrator’s left hand (in the dome), the Holy Vernicle, etc.). At ...; Created on 02 January 2016
20. Early Christian Funerary Paintings of the Exodus Chapel in Al-Bagawat Necropolis: Regional Features and Iconographic Parallelism: (2015 Eastern Christian Art); Valeria Kuvatova Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia This study attempts to examine the distinguishing iconographic features of the painting ensemble of the so-called Exodus ...; Created on 02 January 2016