DIE DARSTELLUNG DES LEBENSBAUMES AUF DEN PORTALEN DER SIEBENBÜRGISCH-SÄCHSISCHEN KIRCHEN IN SALZBURG/OCNA SIBIULUI, BURGBERG/VURPĂR UND DRAAS/DRĂUŞENI
The Tree of Life in the portals of Transylvanian Saxon churches from Ocna Sibiului, Vurpăr, Drăuşeni (Sibiu County)

Summary/Abstract: Among complex scenes, which appear on the portals of Romanesque churches built by German Saxons in Transylvania, several sculptures are focused on the theme of tree of life. Versions that occur in this geographical area have several features, developed from formal models coming from the original places of the Saxon colonists, integrated in monuments built in their new settlement. In terms of iconography, the image of the tree of life was one of the best ways to highlight the valorization of zoomorphic elements in new versions presented at churches from Ocna Sibiului, Vurpăr and Drăuşeni.

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