Patronal'nye izobraženija v programme rospisej Spasskoj cerkvi Evfrosin'eva monastyrja v Polocke

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Sarab'janov, V. (2013). Patronal'nye izobraženija v programme rospisej Spasskoj cerkvi Evfrosin'eva monastyrja v Polocke, (37), 87-106. doi:10.2298/ZOG1337087S
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Title

Patronal'nye izobraženija v programme rospisej Spasskoj cerkvi Evfrosin'eva monastyrja v Polocke

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Author

Vladimir, Sarab'janov

Journal

Zograf

Volume
Issue

37

Start page

87

End page

106

ISSN

0350-1361

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/ZOG1337087S

URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-13611337087S

Date

2013-2020/03/11/20:41:05

Abstract

The murals of Christ`s Transfiguration cathedral in Polotsk (ca. 1161), which were revealed during restoration in the last several years, include several thematic strata. Among them especially notable is a group of images, related to the patron saints. Distinguished among them are the figures of the patron saints of the Polotsk ducal family, to which St. Euphrosynia of Polotsk, the founder of the monastery and the builder of the Christ`s Church, belonged. The composition “Exaltation of the Cross” is set in one row with the patron saints, thus revealing semantic correlation with the ktitors` portrait in Kiev Saint Sophia and some other Kiev churches of tenth and eleventh centuries, where the idea of Russia becoming a member of Christian community is developed. At the same time, the patron theme is deeply intertwined with the purpose of the Christ`s Church to serve as a family burial for St. Euphrosynia.

Keywords

iconography, family burial, Kiev tradition, ktitors, Old Russian art, patron images, Polotsk duchy, the art of Middle Ages