On the possible sources and creators of woodcut illustrations in the Octoechos (Tone 5-8) (1494)

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Simić, V. (2016). On the possible sources and creators of woodcut illustrations in the Octoechos (Tone 5-8) (1494), (40), 159-176. doi:10.2298/ZOG1640159S
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Title

On the possible sources and creators of woodcut illustrations in the Octoechos (Tone 5-8) (1494)

Subtitle
Author

Vladimir, Simić

Journal

Zograf

Volume
Issue

40

Start page

159

End page

176

ISSN

0350-1361

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/ZOG1640159S

URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-13611640159S

Date

2016-2020/03/12/12:35:48

Abstract

Woodcut illustrations published in the Octoechos (Tone 5-8) in Cetinje in 1494 have long been the focus of researchers because of their exquisite workmanship. However, due to the lack of historical data, the questions regarding their sources and authors remain unsolved. Their complex style and composition indicate a dual origin: intertwining of the traditional Orthodox Serbian iconography with the new Venetian Renaissance motifs. This paper points to the city of Dubrovnik as a possible place of origin of some elements of illustrations, and seeks their authors among the local painters and goldsmiths. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177001: Predstave identiteta u umetnosti i verbalno-vizuelnoj kulturi novog doba]

Keywords

Cetinje, Dubrovnik, Djuradj Crnojević, illustrations, Makarije, Octoechos (Tone 5-8), printing press, Renaissance, woodcut