Skobtsova, Daria A. Artistic Features of the South Chapel Frescoes in the Church of Our Saviour of St. Euphrosyne’s Convent in Polotsk

Title Artistic Features of the South Chapel Frescoes in the Church of Our Saviour of St. Euphrosyne’s Convent in Polotsk
Author email d-a-r-y-a@yandex.ru
About author Skobtsova, Daria A. — restorer, Interregional Agency for Scientific Restoration of Works of Art. 24/1 Kadashevskaya embankment, Moscow, Russian Federation, 115035.
In the section Eastern Christian Art
Year 2014 Volume 4 Pages 123–130
Type of article RAR Index UDK 7.033.2.(471); 75.046 Index BBK 85.14
Abstract

The article is devoted to one of the fresco ensembles in the church of Our Saviour of St. Euphrosyne’s convent in Polotsk. These murals rarely were brought to researchers’ notice. Art historians date the south chapel frescoes from the mid-12th to mid-13th c. However, their program of decoration is of a memorial and funeral character. This fact along with technological and stylistic features of the frescoes lets us conclude, that they were created later than the main ensemble of Our Saviour church (ca. 1161). Artistic system of the chapel murals is closely related to the painting of the beginning of the 13th c. For instance, it has parallels with Athos miniatures of that period.
Keywords
Reference Skobtsova, Daria A. Artistic Features of the South Chapel Frescoes in the Church of Our Saviour of St. Euphrosyne’s Convent in Polotsk. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 4. Eds: Svetlana V. Maltseva, Anna V. Zakharova. St. Petersburg, NP-Print Publ., 2014, pp. 123–130. ISSN 2312-2129.
Publication Article language russian
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