Colourful sparkles of imaginary vistas

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Dimitrova, E. (2013). Colourful sparkles of imaginary vistas: Saintly beauty in the eyes of the beholder, (37), 77-86. doi:10.2298/ZOG1337077D

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Title: Colourful sparkles of imaginary vistas
Subtitle: Saintly beauty in the eyes of the beholder
Author: Elizabeta, Dimitrova
Journal: Zograf
Volume
Issue: 37
Start page: 77
End page: 86
ISSN: 0350-1361
ISBN
DOI: 10.2298/ZOG1337077D
URL: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-13611337077D
Date: 2013-2020/03/11/20:42:43
Abstract: The article deals with the issue of physical appearance of the saintly images in Byzantine painting and the manners of its conception. In that regard, the paper offers categorization of the portraiture in which different saints receive distinctive aesthetic code appropriate to their type of “attractiveness”.
Keywords: warriors, martyrs, Holy Healers, beauty, bishops, categories of saints, female saints, saintly images