Original scientific paper
Liturgical Vestments in the Eleventh and Twelfth Century Mural Paintings of Dubrovnik and Elaphiti Islands – a Contribution to the Study of “Adrio-Byzantinism” on the Eastern Adriatic
Nikolina Maraković
orcid.org/0000-0001-5298-7343
; Department of art history, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Tin Turković
; Department of art history, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The paper deals with liturgical vestments represented on fragmentarily preserved figures on the walls of the so-called Byzantine basilica found in the archaeological excavations under Dubrovnik Cathedral, and the saints depicted in two churches on the Elaphiti Islands in Dubrovnik aquatorium: St John’s in Šilovo Selo on Šipan and St Nicholas’ on Koločep.
An iconographic analysis shows that the vestments in question belong to the Eastern type of liturgical dress, and the elaboration on their origin, meaning and development provides some additional information for interpretation and dating of the paintings. Given conclusions are then observed in specific historical context of eleventh and twelfth century Dubrovnik, its traditions, dynamic relations with Byzantium and Rome, but also in the context of already recognized cultural contacts with the southern regions of the Apennine peninsula. Finally it is pointed to some further directions for re-addressing the problem of “Adrio-Byzantinism” in eleventh and twelfth century art and architecture of southern Dalmatia, but also to the need for examining the validity of the concept, its possible aspects, meanings and manifestations, in a wider socio-cultural context; which, after all, defines the underlying ideas of the visual imagery employed.
Keywords
liturgical vestments; “Adrio-Byzantinism”; medieval painting; Dubrovnik; Šipan; Koločep
Hrčak ID:
178191
URI
Publication date:
30.11.2016.
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