The iconography of the Mother of God in monumental paintings of Constantinople, Asia Minor, the Balkans and Cyprus during the Middle and Late Byzantine periods

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the iconography of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Constantinople, in Asia Minor, in the Balkans and in Cyprus during the Middle and Late Byzantine periods. The Dormition of the Mother of God featured prominently as the most important celebration dedicated to Virgin Mary in the Byzantine Empire. Indeed, a plethora of apocryphal, hagiological, homelitical and hymnographical texts referred to the event. The iconography of the Dormition of the Mother of God developed even further in the Empire in conjunction with two contributing factors: a) the gradually prevailing perception that Virgin Mary acts as Constaninople’s Protectress and b) the translation of the maphorion, the most important relic of the Dormition, to the capital during the 5th c.The main aim of this thesis is to thoroughly study the Dormition’s iconographic development not only during the Middle Byzantine period (843-1204) but also in ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/41844
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/41844
ND
41844
Alternative title
Η Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου στη μνημειακή ζωγραφική της Κωνσταντινούπολης, της Μικράς Ασίας, των Βαλκανίων και της Κύπρου κατά τη μεσοβυζαντινή και υστεροβυζαντινή περίοδο
Author
Mavroudis, Kyriakos (Father's name: Constantinos)
Date
2017
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
Κωνσταντουδάκη-Κιτρομηλίδου Μαρία
Γκιολές Νικόλαος
Καλοπίση-Βέρτη Σοφία
Εμμανουήλ Μαρία-Μελίτα
Σέμογλου Αθανάσιος
Πάλλης Γεώργιος
Λινάρδου Καλλιρρόη
Discipline
Humanities and the Arts
History and Archaeology
Keywords
Mother of God; Dormition
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
647 σ., im.
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