About one of the methods of depiction of Darkness in the First Day iconography. The experience of “moduli” searching
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-10-54-63
Abstract
The formation of the iconographical system in medieval Western art is associated with the variation in individual details, of the composition, including the smallest ones, what corresponds to the concept of “modules” or “formulas of motion” introduced by F. Deuchler. The present work considers probable versions for the origins of the depicting the Darkness like a shackled slave in the Langobardic fresco cycle of the 8th – 9th centuries in the so-called “Crypt of the Fall” in Matera (Basilicata) as well as the connection of those versions to early Christian and Byzantine traditions at the level of poses and gestures of characters.
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A. V. Pozhidaeva
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna V. Pozhidaeva, Cand. of Sci. (Art History), associate professor
ed. 3, bld. 21/4, Staraya Basmannaya str., Moscow, 105066, Russia
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Pozhidaeva A.V. About one of the methods of depiction of Darkness in the First Day iconography. The experience of “moduli” searching. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(10):54-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-10-54-63
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