On the Conceptual and Thematic Foundations of the Fresco Paintings in the Diaconicon of the Church of Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid

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Grozdanov, C. (2009). On the Conceptual and Thematic Foundations of the Fresco Paintings in the Diaconicon of the Church of Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid, (33), 93-100. doi:10.2298/ZOG0933093G
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Title

On the Conceptual and Thematic Foundations of the Fresco Paintings in the Diaconicon of the Church of Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid

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Author

Cvetan, Grozdanov

Journal

Zograf

Volume
Issue

33

Start page

93

End page

100

ISSN

0350-1361

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/ZOG0933093G

URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-13610933093G

Date

2009-2020/03/11/09:48:52

Abstract

The author presents the view that the themes referring to St. John the Precursor and the Virgin in the diaconicon of the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid were painted as the visual expression of the dogmatic belief in the Incarnation of the Saviour. He interprets the scenes of the Three Youths in the Fiery Furnace and of the Visitation that also appear in the diaconicon, in the same way. The recently identified figure of the prophet Elijah, painted on the western side of the diaconicon, is also published in this article.

Keywords

Byzantine painting, Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid, Virgin, diakonicon, Elijah the Prophet, Michael and Eutychios, St. John Baptist