Świątynia serbskich zwycięstw i pokus. Przyczynek do wizualnej teologii narodowej
The Temple of Serbian Victories and Temptations: A Contribution to the Visual Theology of the Nation

Summary/Abstract: On the map of modern Belgrade, the Temple of Saint Sava is an object with a unique and complex symbolism. Its construction started in the 1930s and is still in progress: so far only the Crypt – the Orthodox church of Saint Prince Lazar – has been completed and richly decorated. This article considers the iconographic representations of Serbian historical figures found there, treating them as an example of the visual theology of the nation – Serbian nation. The aim of the study is to deconstruct self-beliefs about the spiritual condition of the Serbs and the mechanisms of mythologisation of the national past, which determine the perception of the community and its fate. Applying tools taken from semiotics, I analyse and interpret particular categories of iconography, a set of images that creates a socially shared symbolic meaning.

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