Архангелският култ в стенописите на храм-паметника "Св. Александър Невски" - традиции и нововъведения
The Archangel Cult in the Fresco of the Temple "Alexander Nevski" - Traditions and Innovations

Author(s): Totka Grigorova
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: iconography; angels; the archangels cult; 19th-20th century; innovations
Summary/Abstract: In the pictorial language of the church fresco there are many changes in the various historical periods. The changes in the conceptual content and in the iconographic program of the late 19th and early 20th century show a change in the attitude towards ecclesiastical art. In essence, this involves the extending of range of the themes and stories that are no longer so closely bound up with liturgical action. In the multiple depictions of angels and archangels, an attempt can be found for compensating the stray of art from its main purpose. Most of the portrayed archangels images are representatives of the modern compositions of those times brought by the Russian artists who worked in the monument temple.

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