The Picture of Thobias and Tobit in Apocryphal Books and in Fine Art Cover Image

Tobijo ir Tobito paveikslas apokrifinėse knygose ir dailėje
The Picture of Thobias and Tobit in Apocryphal Books and in Fine Art

Author(s): Vytautas Gudonis
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Keywords: Apocryphal books; sightless people; pictorial art; picture of Thobias.

Summary/Abstract: The picture of Thobias in apocryphal books and fine art gives the possibility to break a code of the attitude of society to the person having the sight disabilities in contemporary society. We can assume that the picture of Thobias which has lots of positive moral features in the development of history could have the influence to the formation of the positive attitude of the society to sightless people. The history of Thobias life and especially its happy ending had a great influence to the formation of the image of the guardian angel and the spread in Italian Revival pictorial art as well as in the art of other countries starting from the 15th century.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 66-82
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Lithuanian
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