The icon of the Theotokos from the Church of St. Nicholas (Rajko’s Church) and the question of painting workshops in medieval Prizren
Based on stylistic and paleographical analysis, it can be safely concluded that the icon of the Theotokos from the Church of St. Nicholas (Rajko’s Church) in Prizren was not created in the 14th century as previously believed. It was painted in the last third of the 16th century by an icon...
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Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Zograf |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2016/0350-13611640095V.pdf |
| Summary: | Based on stylistic and paleographical analysis, it can be safely concluded
that the icon of the Theotokos from the Church of St. Nicholas (Rajko’s
Church) in Prizren was not created in the 14th century as previously
believed. It was painted in the last third of the 16th century by an icon
painter close to the circle of Serbian painters formed in Peć. The suggestion
of stylistic ties between this icon and the first fresco layer at the Church
of the Holy Savior in Prizren and the wall paintings in the Church of St.
Nicholas (the Tutić Church) is not acceptable. Furthermore, comparison of
wall paintings in these and other contemporaneous churches in the area of
Prizren, as well as the local icon paintings, does not substantiate the
suggestion that an urban painting workshop operated in 14th-century Prizren.
[Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological
Development, Grant no. 177036: Srpska srednjovekovna umetnost i njen
evropski kontekst and Grant no. 177032: Tradicija, inovacija i identitet
u vizantijskom svetu] |
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| ISSN: | 0350-1361 2406-0755 |