The Mysterious Mountain of Kurbinovo
On the background of the beautiful composition of the Descent into Hell in the church of St George at Kurbinovo (1191), an unusual detail can be noticed: the mountain that is flanking Christ seems to have a human face, with long hair and beard, closed eyes and an open mouth. This paper offers a shor...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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Byzantion
Year: 2015, Volume: 85, Pages: 67-76 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CE Christian art KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | On the background of the beautiful composition of the Descent into Hell in the church of St George at Kurbinovo (1191), an unusual detail can be noticed: the mountain that is flanking Christ seems to have a human face, with long hair and beard, closed eyes and an open mouth. This paper offers a short analysis of some unconventional Byzantine representations of the scene of the Descent into Hell, to arrive at the conclusion that the painter of Kurbinovo most likely painted a unique depiction of Hades, influenced by classical art and created on the basis of both apocryphal and liturgical texts. |
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| ISSN: | 2294-6209 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Byzantion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/BYZ.85.0.3117798 |